> More heavyweight applications like Firefox or Clementine slow the system down substantially Systems in 2007 had no problem running Firefox. I'm surprised to

> More heavyweight applications like Firefox or Clementine slow the system down substantially Systems in 2007 had no problem running Firefox. I'm surprised to hear it has a significant impact. Maybe Firefox has become much more resource intensive? That would surprise me because processors haven't gotten much faster, Mozilla has focused on reducing memory consumption and improving responsiveness, and because of the rise of mobile, a resource-constrained environment.