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    Why is Opera such a processor hog?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by iwantamac, Oct 30, 2009.

  1. iwantamac

    iwantamac Notebook Evangelist

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    Am I the only one that has this problem? I have the late 2006 macbook pro (2.16GHz, 2GB) and I downloaded Opera because Firefox was taking up too much of the processor. First it was great with 90+% of the processor sitting idle with Opera. Then less than a half a day later it's using up 50+% and sometimes up to 80%. For browsing on the internet.

    So does Opera suck or is it my laptop?
     
    iwantamac, Oct 30, 2009
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  2. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    How many tabs do you have open? That could be part of the problem.
     
    Seshan, Oct 30, 2009
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  3. iwantamac

    iwantamac Notebook Evangelist

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    No more than the number I have open on Firefox....about 12.
     
    iwantamac, Oct 30, 2009
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    this sounds like time-space complexity tradeoffs to me.

    firefox is a memory hog.
     
    masterchef341, Oct 30, 2009
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  5. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    ^not only! it likes my CPU too!
     
    Xirurg, Oct 30, 2009
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  6. ItsDaKronic

    ItsDaKronic Notebook Consultant

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    Opera runs much better on windows than on OS X .. sad to say.. I don't like opera on OSX at all..
     
    ItsDaKronic, Oct 30, 2009
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  7. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    It could be OS X. It's not a CPU hog on Windows.
     
    surfasb, Oct 30, 2009
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    Kamzu Notebook Evangelist

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    Kamzu, Oct 31, 2009
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  9. jackluo923

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    Are you visiting websites with flash? Flash in Mac OSX is knowned to be a resource hog.
     
    jackluo923, Oct 31, 2009
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    There was a bug in Opera 10.00 that sometimes resulted in high CPU usage, that should be fixed in the recent 10.01 release. Update Opera and see if it resolves your problems.
     
    MidnightSun, Oct 31, 2009
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  11. iwantamac

    iwantamac Notebook Evangelist

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    Seems like every time I'm on pandora the processor use like doubles instantly. Ugh.
     
    iwantamac, Nov 5, 2009
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    Every time I enter an Apple forum, my CPU usage skyrockets.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Nov 5, 2009
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    +1

    I use Firefox and everytime I go to a webpage with flash (ie: cnet.com), even sitting idle it's chewing through CPU useage. Pretty crappy if you ask me, but seems to be the norm :rolleyes:
     
    snork, Nov 5, 2009
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