matthewbmedia wrote:
...And again, my point is there are multiple benefits besides speed of the browser itself. Users here would probably be interested in that, since most people like to \"multitask\".
Since you seem only interested in speed of the browser, and not how the browser affects the overall stability and performance of the OS as a whole - here\'s something interesting -
Javascript performance is measurably 2x faster on 64 bit safari in snow leopard than it is on 10.5.8 in 32 bit mode. This is on top of an already very fast javascript engine which is quite a bit faster than Chrome\'s engine.
For anyone who uses facebook or google docs, the difference is noticeable in the real world.
Which is what you\'re primarily addressing as well...
Overall system stability and performance? I have not noticed any system instability or overall system performance degredation across multiple platforms from either FF or Chrome, short of FF not being shut down gracefully and leaving a lock file behind.
Besides, the Op was asking about Windows, so the fact that 64 bit Safari will have an increase in speed on Facebook/GDocs is a completely nonsensical argument.
matthewbmedia wrote:
...And again, my point is there are multiple benefits besides speed of the browser itself. Users here would probably be interested in that, since most people like to \"multitask\".
Since you seem only interested in speed of the browser, and not how the browser affects the overall stability and performance of the OS as a whole - here\'s something interesting -
Javascript performance is measurably 2x faster on 64 bit safari in snow leopard than it is on 10.5.8 in 32 bit mode. This is on top of an already very fast javascript engine which is quite a bit faster than Chrome\'s engine.
For anyone who uses facebook or google docs, the difference is noticeable in the real world.
Which is what you\'re primarily addressing as well...
Overall system stability and performance? I have not noticed any system instability or overall system performance degredation across multiple platforms from either FF or Chrome, short of FF not being shut down gracefully and leaving a lock file behind.
Besides, the Op was asking about Windows, so the fact that 64 bit Safari will have an increase in speed on Facebook is a completely nonsensical argument.
Feb 08, 2010 at 03:59 PM
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