I have 1 GB of RAM on my computer. When I load a lot of websites on Firefox at once, the memory usage for Firefox in the task manager goes up to around 100-150 MB, and my computer can slow to a crawl. Why does it get this slow when I'm only using 150 MB of my 1024 MB? Shouldn't it stay rather fast until Firefox starts using about 500 MB?
I've already adjusted Firefox's settings to not use this much memory, but I'm still curious why Firefox gets so slow when it's not even using 1/5 of my memory. Is it just the way XP or Windows in general handles memory that causes this?
I've already adjusted Firefox's settings to not use this much memory, but I'm still curious why Firefox gets so slow when it's not even using 1/5 of my memory. Is it just the way XP or Windows in general handles memory that causes this?