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> Superfluous RAM use hurts battery life a lot Do you have a reference for why this should be? A quick search yields results suggesting only the opposite (for
by inclemnet 12y ago
> Superfluous RAM use hurts battery life a lot
Do you have a reference for why this should be? A quick search yields results suggesting only the opposite (for instance, https://superuser.com/questions/738848/does-more-ram-usage-cause-more-battery-usage https://superuser.com/questions/738848/does-more-ram-usage-c...).
- mitchty 12y agoMore ram in use generally means more javascript crap running. Which means higher cpu/energy use. Its not the memory use its what is using the memory.
- inclemnet 12y agoSo...the claim is that chrome runs a lot more javascript than safari?
- mitchty 12y agoI'll phrase it more that I see significantly more memory use in Chrome for long lived processes than I do with Safari. That said, eventually both get to 6g of ram in use and a restart is needed anyway.
- mitchty 12y agoI'll phrase it more that I see significantly more memory use in Chrome for long lived processes than I do with Safari. That said, eventually both get to 6g of ram in use and a restart is needed anyway.