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AnalogRocks Forum Moderator
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Link Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject: Best browser for a slow WinXP PC? |
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Any sugestions?
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greg_mitch
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Link Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Chrome.
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MikeEby
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Link Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't know anyone still ran XP. What's wrong with IE 8?
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Link Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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MikeEby wrote: | I didn't know anyone still ran XP. |
Really, Mike? Most enterprises still run XP. There are millions of computers still running XP. The company I work for - a large business and IT strategy consulting firm - has more than 20,000 employees running XP.
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Link Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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Chrome +1.
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MikeEby
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ecrabb wrote: | MikeEby wrote: | I didn't know anyone still ran XP. |
Really, Mike? Most enterprises still run XP. There are millions of computers still running XP. The company I work for - a large business and IT strategy consulting firm - has more than 20,000 employees running XP.
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Just pulling AR's strings.
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ecrabb Forum Moderator
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Link Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, OK... Carry on, then!
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MikeEby
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Really though why would you want to use Google Chrome when it tracks everything you do online? Unless you change the default settings telling it not to.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/31/microsoft-google-chrome-d_n_520549.html
How does Google Chrome track what users type?
By instantly sending whatever they enter into Chrome's combination search box-web address bar to Google. This means that, even if you don't intend to actually search for a certain term or visit a particular website, Google "knows" what you've typed, even if you don't hit the "enter" key. "The information is being sent so that the search provider can help the user choose a query right in their browser," says Emil Protalinski in Ars Technica.
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Tried Chrome first. Too slow.
These Eee PC 701's are 900MHz celery underclocked to 630 Mhz
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greg_mitch
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AnalogRocks wrote: | Tried Chrome first. Too slow.
These Eee PC 701's are 900MHz celery underclocked to 630 Mhz |
Look at the most recent tests.
Chrome usually wins for speed.
Opera and Firefox are usually close second.
With that system...you might not get much speed from ANYTHING.
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greg_mitch
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MikeEby wrote: | Really though why would you want to use Google Chrome when it tracks everything you do online? Unless you change the default settings telling it not to.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/31/microsoft-google-chrome-d_n_520549.html
How does Google Chrome track what users type?
By instantly sending whatever they enter into Chrome's combination search box-web address bar to Google. This means that, even if you don't intend to actually search for a certain term or visit a particular website, Google "knows" what you've typed, even if you don't hit the "enter" key. "The information is being sent so that the search provider can help the user choose a query right in their browser," says Emil Protalinski in Ars Technica.
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That is the instant search feature...it is really cool and is just like using the google website.
They don't store specific data that could link your name with what you searched as far as I know.
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WanMan
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AnalogRocks wrote: | Tried Chrome first. Too slow.
These Eee PC 701's are 900MHz celery underclocked to 630 Mhz | Can you re-clock them?
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WanMan wrote: | AnalogRocks wrote: | Tried Chrome first. Too slow.
These Eee PC 701's are 900MHz celery underclocked to 630 Mhz | Can you re-clock them? |
Some have tried just to turn the notebook into a paper weight.
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betel
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ecrabb wrote: | MikeEby wrote: | I didn't know anyone still ran XP. |
Really, Mike? Most enterprises still run XP. There are millions of computers still running XP. The company I work for - a large business and IT strategy consulting firm - has more than 20,000 employees running XP.
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I work for a tier 1 automotive electronic supplier and we still run XP. I think we were still running W2K almosty until W7 release. They prefer the bugs to be worked out.
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MikeEby
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Oh yeah...XP has a lot of life left in it....In fact it will be 10 years old this October...Microsoft will end support for it in 2014....I'm sure corporations will still be using it well past that date.
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&C2=1173
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AnalogRocks Forum Moderator
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I still like 98 but no one makes drivers for it anymore so it resides on my Classic Win98 gaming box with the 3dFx cards
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Chrome is a horrible memory hog with FireFox not far off. IE is actually less of a burden on memory resources, possibly because it's so integrated into Windows, unfortunately. Neither are screaming fast on an older machine but I use Chrome primarily.
A quick search of a few options found this:
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
http://slimbrowser.flashpeak.com/en/
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I'm about to recycle an E6300 C2D and some RAM. I have an unused XP Pro 32-bit license I am thinking of using over buying a copy of W7 HP. I'm still trying to resolve a persistent annoyance on my wife's W7 PC that holds me back.
BTW, I use Firefox almost exclusively. I've even got the 4.0 beta installed and running concurrently with 3.6.x. XP is so very stable AND annoyance free to me.
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MikeEby
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AnalogRocks wrote: | I still like 98 |
Thank you!
You didn't let me down.
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Spanky Ham
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Link Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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MikeEby wrote: | AnalogRocks wrote: | I still like 98 |
Thank you!
You didn't let me down.
Mike |
Yeah, no kidding! Why not just go way back and use 3.1?
WanMan wrote: | I'm about to recycle an E6300 C2D and some RAM. I have an unused XP Pro 32-bit license I am thinking of using over buying a copy of W7 HP. I'm still trying to resolve a persistent annoyance on my wife's W7 PC that holds me back.
BTW, I use Firefox almost exclusively. I've even got the 4.0 beta installed and running concurrently with 3.6.x. XP is so very stable AND annoyance free to me. |
XP is good and worked out, but I don't have any issues with Vista. Running SP2 and adequate hardware, Vista has been fine.
In answer to the original question, Chrome and Opera were tested as the fastest IIRC. I am sure that is with current hardware. I am not sure if any review website has tested the browsers with old hardware.
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