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My MacBook Pro is from 2012, but I have 16GB of RAM in it. I regularly have something like 10 windows with about 15 or so tabs in each. It can get bogged down a
by chipx86 11y ago
My MacBook Pro is from 2012, but I have 16GB of RAM in it. I regularly have something like 10 windows with about 15 or so tabs in each. It can get bogged down at times, but generally works fine.
Chrome wants RAM, so I think that's the real blocker in your case.
- true_religion 11y agoYes, I learned my lesson of thinking 4GB was good enough. It's better to have 8GB minimum, but best of all to get as much ram as possible on a machine.
- rgoodwintx 11y agoThe extension "The Great Suspender" works wonders here; suspends tabs in the background when they've been idle, but you don't lose your place. It has singlehandedly made Chrome usable again for me, while simultaneously enabling my 40+ tab habit. 90% of the time you don't need the tab to be active, you just want it there so you can revisit later. (For me anyway.)
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoAnother vote for The Great Suspender. It's literally a must-have for Chrome users. I'm a tab maniac - 421 tabs open now. This wouldn't be possible without TGS (and 32GB RAM), and another extension called Tabli to index them all.
- ajmurmann 11y agoGeneral computer buying rule: always buy as much ram as you can afford even if it seems like an insane amount at the time! One thing that drives me nuts about phones and tablets. I want to pay more money for more, more ram. Nothing impacts your devices life span more than the amount of ram.