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Well you can't really compare Safari with Edge as they are are exclusive to different platforms.

by vilmosi 10y ago

blacksmith_tb 10y ago
It wouldn't be too hard to dual-boot Win10 on Apple hardware and compare them, but it might be a little awkward for Microsoft to do so officially.
- adrianN 10y ago
  The OS is a pretty obvious confounding factor, don't you think?
  - JulienSchmidt 10y ago
    I think it would still be interesting. Win10 + Edge vs macOS + Safari. In the end the user does not care which OS runs in the background, just which platform offers the best experience - in this case the longest battery time.
    - kraftman 10y ago
      Depends really. I prefer using ubuntu but win 10 + edge gives nearly double the battery life, so when I'm out and about I have to use win 10.
    - Tloewald 10y ago
      There are plenty of suitable comparisons from which one can make an educated guess. In general, Macs do better than comparable Windows machines in browsing endurance tests, and Safari clobbers every other browser it has been tested in for battery life (I have _not_ seen a comparison of Safari to this new version of Opera, but judging by its performance relative to Chrome it could be competitive with Safari). Safari, of course, has lots of support for ad blocking short of Apple actually doing the ad blocking itself. I suspect Safari + ad blockers would be the best option across the board (it absolutely rocks on iOS devices).
  - blacksmith_tb 10y ago
    It is, but with the Boot Camp drivers, it seems like a fair fight. Obviously both OSes do some things behind the scenes that impact battery life, but we hope both are tuned to conserve battery when not charging. Though to turn the argument around, given that ChromeOS isn't known for wasting a lot of battery while browsing with Chrome, having less OS is probably a boon.
- guroot 10y ago
  That wouldn't work. You don't get the same battery life out of a mac on windows as you do on macOS just sitting idle. I don't know how you would control for that.
mackey 10y ago
But they could do a separate test of Opera, Safari, and Chrome on the Mac.
- sliverstorm 10y ago
  Opera was specifically aiming at Edge in this, it seems.
  - JaRail 10y ago
    Opera was responding to something published a few days ago by Microsoft's marketing/Edge team. That's why it's directed at Edge.

Well you can't really compare Safari with Edge as they are are exclusive to different platforms.

by vilmosi 10y ago

Well you can't really compare Safari with Edge as they are are exclusive to different platforms.

It wouldn't be too hard to dual-boot Win10 on Apple hardware and compare them, but it might be a little awkward for Microsoft to do so officially.

adrianN 10y ago
The OS is a pretty obvious confounding factor, don't you think?
- JulienSchmidt 10y ago
  I think it would still be interesting. Win10 + Edge vs macOS + Safari. In the end the user does not care which OS runs in the background, just which platform offers the best experience - in this case the longest battery time.
  - kraftman 10y ago
    Depends really. I prefer using ubuntu but win 10 + edge gives nearly double the battery life, so when I'm out and about I have to use win 10.
  - Tloewald 10y ago
    There are plenty of suitable comparisons from which one can make an educated guess. In general, Macs do better than comparable Windows machines in browsing endurance tests, and Safari clobbers every other browser it has been tested in for battery life (I have _not_ seen a comparison of Safari to this new version of Opera, but judging by its performance relative to Chrome it could be competitive with Safari). Safari, of course, has lots of support for ad blocking short of Apple actually doing the ad blocking itself. I suspect Safari + ad blockers would be the best option across the board (it absolutely rocks on iOS devices).
- blacksmith_tb 10y ago
  It is, but with the Boot Camp drivers, it seems like a fair fight. Obviously both OSes do some things behind the scenes that impact battery life, but we hope both are tuned to conserve battery when not charging. Though to turn the argument around, given that ChromeOS isn't known for wasting a lot of battery while browsing with Chrome, having less OS is probably a boon.
guroot 10y ago
That wouldn't work. You don't get the same battery life out of a mac on windows as you do on macOS just sitting idle. I don't know how you would control for that.

mackey 10y ago

But they could do a separate test of Opera, Safari, and Chrome on the Mac.

sliverstorm 10y ago
Opera was specifically aiming at Edge in this, it seems.
- JaRail 10y ago
  Opera was responding to something published a few days ago by Microsoft's marketing/Edge team. That's why it's directed at Edge.