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it's sad we live in a world where each browser tab requires 1GB of memory
– tbodt
Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 2:51
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@tbodt I blame ancient Egyptians. If only they knew what they were doing by domesticating those pesky cats!
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 8:10
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@tbodt It's a bit of an exaggeration too. My browser with 8 tabs open only takes 500MB of memory.
– Random832
Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 20:45
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@Random832 Sure it's an exaggeration, though I'm not sure about the line between exaggeration and being future-proof. My first PC had 32 MB of RAM and I could easily open 8 tabs in Opera without noticeable swapping. Now it takes 500MB, so in another 20 years it might as well reach 8GB.
– Dmitry Grigoryev
Commented Jan 14, 2017 at 16:09
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@DmitryGrigoryev I can confirm that now one chrome tab uses 800+ MB.
– cheems
Commented Feb 2, 2022 at 3:09

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