Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoSpeed test pits six generations of Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparisonwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1834arrow-down120
arrow-up1814arrow-down1external-linkSpeed test pits six generations of Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparisonwww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareyaroto98@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down2·4 days agoFascinating that the browser using so much RAM is the OS’s fault, not the browser’s. Though, it using more RAM could be considered a good thing if it sped up page loading, but apparently that’s not the case with Win11.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoYes and no. The browser is a complex virtual machine + OS in itself.
Fascinating that the browser using so much RAM is the OS’s fault, not the browser’s. Though, it using more RAM could be considered a good thing if it sped up page loading, but apparently that’s not the case with Win11.
Yes and no. The browser is a complex virtual machine + OS in itself.