Yes, FF has a 64bit version. I've downloaded it, but have not yet installed it on my Win7 laptop.
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 14:44, Crawford, Scott <crawfo...@evangel.edu> wrote: > Nice. Way to push the limits. > > Showing my ignorance, but does FF have a 64 bit version? I only run IE since > its always there and *usually* works so its one less thing to maintain. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 4:21 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: GP software deployment best practices > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Crawford, Scott <crawfo...@evangel.edu> > wrote: >> How much RAM does a browser need to access anyway? > > I've had Firefox over 1 GB under "normal" conditions. Granted, I > had over 100 tabs open, but that's not unusual for me. (This was also > before I learned about BarTab.) > > I've had Firefox crash because it hit the 2 GB 32-bit per-process > limit, but that was because I was trying to download a 4+ GB DVD image > and there's apparently a memory leak in the download routines. It's > apparently a tiny leak, but tiny times many equals large. > > Does this justify a 64-bit browser? Prolly not. :-) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
