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nickb on Nov 21, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: Firefox 3 Beta 1: The Memory Use Says It All

Not sure what the issue is but FF is using about 50% of my CPU.. steady. Other browsers I tried use much, much less (usually less than 5%).

ntoshev on Nov 21, 2007 [–]

Are you running a dual-core CPU? ;)

It is likely that the pages you view contain aggressive Javascript and Firefox doesn't do enough to tame it.

nickb on Nov 21, 2007 | [–]

Yes, c2d. I care only because I hate fans coming on. I like my MBP silent.

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