Maybe Mozilla is making Firefox more Vista-compatible. :) Seriously speaking, the author didn't mention which add-ons, if any, were installed. In the end, if

Maybe Mozilla is making Firefox more Vista-compatible. :) Seriously speaking, the author didn't mention which add-ons, if any, were installed. In the end, if Mozilla really uses this much RAM, it comes down to a tradeoff: if you need to conserve RAM use the default OS browser (IE 7/8, Safari, Konquerer, etc.); otherwise, to enjoy the benefits of Firefox, it will cost you some RAM. This tradeoff exists with other software as well -- I still use Photoshop over MS Paint, even though Paint uses much less RAM.