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Microsoft Edge on my Windows 10 machine has started taking up a big chunk of the screen. (Original Post) rzemanfl Oct 2018 OP
Download Chrome, install it, make it the default browser bitterross Oct 2018 #1
Chrome is a giant memory hog matt819 Oct 2018 #2
ALL browsers are memory hogs. bitterross Oct 2018 #3
I think I fixed it. Thanks. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2018 #4

matt819

(10,749 posts)
2. Chrome is a giant memory hog
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 08:51 PM
Oct 2018

I use it, but once you had an extension or two it starts eating memory.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
3. ALL browsers are memory hogs.
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 09:04 PM
Oct 2018

Are you adding all the same extensions and add-ins to Edge to compare?

Here are a couple of articles on the browsers and their testing and reasoning agrees with mine. Though, as an IT support professional I use Chrome, FireFox, Edge, IE and sometimes Opera on my desktop.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3213031/computers/best-web-browsers.html?page=2

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-browser-internet-explorer-vs-chrome-vs-firefox-vs-safari-vs-edge/

To be fair, here is an article about Edge that puts it in a better light than Chrome.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10s-edge-vs-chrome-were-faster-and-win-in-battery-face-off-says-microsoft/

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