Best Browser for Win7 in a Low End Machine?

[DanStp]

A friend of mine has an old IBM Thinkpad, a T40. It has 1 gig of ram and is running Win7 32 bit of course. Which web browser would run best on this low end machine with little memory?

BTW it has a 1.5 Ghz single core Centrio processor.

Thanks in advance

 

[billyb0b]

opera

 

[Raghu]

+1 to Opera.

 

[zokudu]

Another +1 for Opera. For me its memory usage never passes 10% of my memory on any machine I run it on and it's as fast as chrome in rendering speed.

 

[halluc1nati0n]

Lynx, if you're into that kind!

 

[lxskllr]

I don't think it matters that much. Put them all on, and he can pick which one he likes best. For speed+features Opera's pretty nice, but I still prefer Firefox, even on very low end machines.

 

[Ika]

Firefox with NoScript should work pretty well. It's not as fast as Opera but I have FF running on a netbook and a P4-era Dell, runs fine on both.

 

[b0mbrman]

K-meleon?

Although I'd still try out other browsers to see if they worked first...

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I'd try them all out to see how the perform in real life usage. If it were me, i'd pick firefox or perhaps opera.

 

[Emulex]

ie8 or ie9 man. FF and chrome seem to eat up a ton of ram randomly. not sure why. maybe the awesome-o new process sandbox?

 

[Barfo]

Opera

 

[AFurryReptile]

I've got no problems with Chrome on my lower end stuff. It eats a bit more ram than Opera, but for me it's still quicker than most browsers.

 

[Chiropteran]

Chrome, runs great on my netbook.

 

[Reven]

Chrome or Opera. I prefer Chrome just because the interface is much better than Opera's, but to each his own. Install both and see what he/she likes.

 

[Skitzer]

Another vote for Opera

 

[darkewaffle]

Opera. You can change the interface to almost absolutely anything you want; it takes a bit of time and experimenting but it's worth it.

 

[GaryJohnson]

Lynx, if you're into that kind!

+1 for lynx, it's way faster than Opera

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Google Chrome?

 

[Barfo]

Songbird, you can listen to mp3s and browse the web in it. So instead of running two programs you have only one and you save resources!!!!|

 

[KeypoX]

Songbird, you can listen to mp3s and browse the web in it. So instead of running two programs you have only one and you save resources!!!!|

Opera can play mp3s, download torrents, view pictures, has built in mail client. LOL

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[DanStp]

Thanks for all the input

I think I will put on a few different browsers, and let them pick what they want to use.