Light Internet Browser.

[LLOYD-AF]

Hello guys,

 

I know everyone here tech's things seriously so I have a question

 

I have just bought a cheap laptop for browsing the internet and I've always used Firefox in the past, however firefox is really sluggish on this machine and in task manager it uses a lot of resources even when its idle with one tab showing google.

 

Are there any light internet browsers out there? I don't need anything fancy and wont be installing any add ons etc

 

Basic Laptop Specs :

 

Intel Celeron N2840

8gb DDR3 Ram

250 GB SSD

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

P.S I have already changed power option settings to maximum performance.

[Tedster]

Since you have plenty of RAM on that laptop for that slow, weak processor, you might want to try Chrome.

[JAKEBAB]

Try opera? Ive recently switched back to it from chrome since chrome is a piece of shit these days.

[Tedster]

Try opera? Ive recently switched back to it from chrome since chrome is a piece of shit these days.

Opera is basically Chrome with addons.

[GoodBytes]

Chrome is extremely CPU intensive, and drastically reduce battery life on laptops because if it.

In your case, OP, IE11. Yes, you read right, IE11. This specific web browser was designed for low-end mobile system, and Windows Phone 8. Yes it is IE, so its not great, but it is the lightest.

[Tedster]

Chrome is extremely CPU intensive, and drastically reduce battery life on laptops because if it.

In your case, OP, IE11. Yes, you read right, IE11. This specific web browser was designed for low-end mobile system, and Windows Phone 8. Yes it is IE, so its not great, but it is the lightest.

Never noticed.

[minibois]

Opera.

[zonahbear]

OP, I'll assume you will be using this machine for basic web browsing, so I would recommend installing Ubuntu and using Firefox.

[JAKEBAB]

Opera is basically Chrome with addons.

lol have u even used Opera?

[Tedster]

lol have u even used Opera?

Yes, for a few hours throughout my life.

[GoodBytes]

OP, I'll assume you will be using this machine for basic web browsing, so I would recommend installing Ubuntu and using Firefox.

Firefox is sluggish on slow CPUs. It has a hard time zooming, and opening when my Surface Pro 2 is on battery, and I set Windows to power saver with aggressive power saving settings.

But once it is loaded, it is true it is fine when surfing.

[zonahbear]

Firefox is sluggish on slow CPUs. It has a hard time zooming, and opening when my Surface Pro 2 is on battery, and I set Windows to power saver with aggressive power saving settings.

But once it is loaded, it is true it is fine when surfing.

I had an Atom with 2GB of RAM and Firefox ran far better than Chrome

[Pugs501]

TOR?

[Builder]

TOR?

Is...not a browser at all?

[GoodBytes]

I had an Atom with 2GB of RAM and Firefox ran far better than Chrome

Yup, and IE11 (despite being IE), does run better than Firefox in terms of visiting most web sites and starting up.

[LLOYD-AF]

Thank you for all the answers, I'll give IE11 a go and see what its like, not used IE in a very long time.

[Satlen]

You can try https://vivaldi.com/ 

 

It is still in tech preview but I thought it worked well. Its from the make of opera.

[LLOYD-AF]

IE11 did the job, nothing fancy but low resource consumption which is what I needed.

 

 

Thank you.

[OCing Noob]

Hello guys,

 

I know everyone here tech's things seriously so I have a question

 

I have just bought a cheap laptop for browsing the internet and I've always used Firefox in the past, however firefox is really sluggish on this machine and in task manager it uses a lot of resources even when its idle with one tab showing google.

 

Are there any light internet browsers out there? I don't need anything fancy and wont be installing any add ons etc

 

Basic Laptop Specs :

 

Intel Celeron N2840

8gb DDR3 Ram

250 GB SSD

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

P.S I have already changed power option settings to maximum performance.

The lightest all in one kind of browser is Torch till now . its not CPU eater as well as Ram .try it you will not feel need to change it anywhere soon .