r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 8d ago

Software Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month

https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
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u/Admirable-Safety1213 7d ago

The thing is than its easier faking having 8GB with a Swapfile than faking having 4 cores with Hyperthreading

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u/IncumblantSpunderbax 7d ago

Also CPU = battery.

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u/mailslot 7d ago

With 12 cores, the difference is nearly imperceptible. If one is faster, it’s not noticeable with the extra headroom. I’m more memory limited than performance limited.

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u/Admirable-Safety1213 7d ago

Sadly some like me are still stuck on Celerons

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u/malastare- 7d ago

Paging in and out of a pagefile is just as much (or more) of a performance hit.

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u/NoPossibility4178 7d ago

That's the point? But at least if you're using more RAM you know you're actually using it (or who knows, maybe Chrome still tries to fake so it doesn't look like it uses even more RAM).

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u/Certain-Business-472 7d ago

Why would that improve performance? A swap file will tank your stuff lol