What browser is lightest on memory and CPU?

I’m looking for a browser which is very light on memory & CPU. and has ad blocking feature.
To be used for:
Opening multiple pages, and have them keep open for a very long time
Youtube videos

my laptop is compaq.

Ms windows XP professional SP3
intel celeron m cpu 420 1.60ghz
mobile intel 945gm express chipset family
Memory :256 RAM

This thread is going to be like this...
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/software-q/165714-best-windows-video-player.html

Here's my share:
Lightweight Browsers

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Opening multiple pages, and have them keep open for a very long time
Youtube videos

Doesn't qualify for 256MB system RAM. Better use IE with only 1 tab.

Best one is K-meleon, extremely light. But runs slow if page is very heavy. Good features like Flash block and tabbed browsing.

Just use Chrome. Its good enough but don't open too many pages and don't use themes and extensions, 1 or 2 extensions are OK.

10 Web Browsers Tested for RAM and CPU Usage

Opera is the lightest on memory and CPU.

ico said:
Opera is the lightest on memory and CPU.

This. I also use Firefox though most of the time(which I don't think is too system heavy)

gameranand said:
Just use Chrome. Its good enough but don't open too many pages and don't use themes and extensions, 1 or 2 extensions are OK.

The thread is about lightweight browsers that are resource friendly not browsers that are bloated and slow lol :rofl:

Hmmm.....I was kinda confused. Didn't saw his RAM, Sorry about that. Yeah Opera is good for you.

Gearbox said:
This thread is going to be like this...
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/software-q/165714-best-windows-video-player.html

Here's my share:
Lightweight Browsers

thanks..

this is just lol. run linux and use eLinks, or lynx.

better upgrade ram to 512 mb at least.

someone may donate you their ram out of pity, ask around.

@OP: Is yours - DDR RAM or DDR2 RAM?
256MB is way low, as dg said.

945 supports ddr2, iirc.

gearbox said:
@op: Is yours - ddr ram or ddr2 ram?
256mb is way low, as dg said.

ddr ram

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My Friend you better try "opera" browser ,its much better than other browsers ,it uses very less resources.

samfisher123 said:
My Friend you better try "opera" browser ,its much better than other browsers ,it uses very less resources.

okk thanks i will try.

right now im using google chrome. i cant use multi tab

Rockstar11 said:
ddr ram

DDR RAM is way old, infact new DDR4 RAM's are due in 2012.

Rockstar11 said:
okk thanks i will try.

right now im using google chrome. i cant use multi tab

why not upgade to 1GB Ram ??

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Rockstar11 said:
I’m looking for a browser which is very light on memory & CPU. and has ad blocking feature.
To be used for:
Opening multiple pages, and have them keep open for a very long time
Youtube videos

my laptop is compaq.

Ms windows XP professional SP3
intel celeron m cpu 420 1.60ghz
mobile intel 945gm express chipset family
Memory :256 RAM

+1 for chorme its the best option for you at this time brother.

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opera

Okay,this might not help you much.but whynot try some linux distro which is low on resources like slitaz,which runs good on 128 mb ram.The default midori browser is good and there is also a firefox version that you can install.SliTaz GNU/Linux (en)

IE10,Opera & Firefox

samfisher123 said:
My Friend you better try "opera" browser ,its much better than other browsers ,it uses very less resources.

now i am using Opera. is working... but not good..
but better than chrome and firefox

topgear said:
why not upgade to 1GB Ram ??

i cant upgrade ram.

because this is not my laptop...

Rockstar11 said:
I’m looking for a browser which is very light on memory & CPU. and has ad blocking feature.
To be used for:
Opening multiple pages, and have them keep open for a very long time
Youtube videos

my laptop is compaq.

Ms windows XP professional SP3
intel celeron m cpu 420 1.60ghz
mobile intel 945gm express chipset family
Memory :256 RAM

With this configuration its horribly wrong to use Windows XP. As many others members did, I strongly suggest you to use a lightweight Linux distribution like, PuppyLinux. You can even run LinuxMint Mate edition. But don't go for Xubuntu or any other distro that run Xfce. Xfce is almost as heavy as GNOME and a lot buggier. Also do read about distros like ArchBang and CrunchBang. They are, as I heard, very lightweight(I have not used them though). These two runs OpenBox desktop environment instead of GNOME or KDE or Xfce. With that sort of config, your overall experience will be much better if you run linux instead of Windows XP. Also, there are some *very* lightweight(even text mode) browsers available for Linux. NetSurf and Midori are just two examples. And, because the OS itself is lighter, you can even run full featured browsers like Firefox. :wink:

Now if you decide to stick to Windows, for whatever the reason(I don't think there is any), I am helpless here. I do not think there is a browser available for Windows that is light enough.

Oh, Btw, you can even install Linux side by side in the same harddisk where windows installed without removing windows.

It gives yet another reason to install Linux.

Just google "how dualboot linux windows".

There used to be text-only browser. Cant recall the name. Lynx or something. But not very good browsing experience. Opera is good.

also Avant is good. been using it since many years.

^elinks i guess

Nanducob said:
^elinks i guess

Yeah I use elinks and lynx regularly on linux. Not sure if they are available for windows. I think NetSurf is the lightest graphical browser out there, also its a free software. Again, not sure if its there for windows.

no windows version of NetSurf is available though you can download a browser called NetSurf from download.com but they are entirely different from each other and same goes for the publisher too.