Firefox: Heat and the CPU Usage Problem

[Tolyngee]

Huh, I'm using FF with 24 tabs open, and my CPU usage is fluctuating between 1-4% for my entire system...

 

[Fafeifa]

the power of the "awesome bar"

 

[MisterSparkle]

Strange, never get more than 3% to 5% usage with Firefox open with a whole bunch of tabs and Flash playing :/

 

[Righty]

rolleyes:

 

[jeremyshaw]

rolleyes:

Sorry, but I had to join in!

 

[WhiteFireDragon]

wtf, if your laptop cant even handle firefox and overheats because of it, then it's time to ditch the shitty laptop and get a new one. i'm using my new notebook with a pentium T3000 with all the factory shitware still on, and i'm typing this post right now with CPU utilization between 0-4%. i'm not even sure that's due to firefox or the background shitware. i don't see how a browser could cause problems unless your computer is really that old.

 

[Badger]

Um just use Opera, it excels at this and small lower powered devices.

That's what I thought too, except that Opera's been using 50% CPU utilization and 500+ MBs, even with no pages open, and even after I X out. I have to ctrl-alt-del to end the process to make it chill out. I guess they aren't all perfect.

That said, it is important that this doesn't happen, whether it's a netbook or desktop. Whether it's FireFox for these people or Opera for me, I don't want the computer working unnecessarily hard, heating up my CPU and causing my fan to run all the time (noise is an important factor for some people).

 

[Keiichi]

wtf, if your laptop cant even handle firefox and overheats because of it, then it's time to ditch the shitty laptop and get a new one. i'm using my new notebook with a pentium T3000 with all the factory shitware still on, and i'm typing this post right now with CPU utilization between 0-4%. i'm not even sure that's due to firefox or the background shitware. i don't see how a browser could cause problems unless your computer is really that old.

TLDR
RTFA