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Title: google chrome being pants
Post by: ninjapirate on 14 October 2011, 12:42:51

anyone else use it? since i had to update to avg 2012 its being rubbish, open tabs try type something but it just goes to past searches or pages  :'(

back on firefox but i do love chrome. any ideas?

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: Dodge on 14 October 2011, 12:53:43

Not sure about that but I binned avg since being on windows 7, as was advised by my computer geek mate and am on Kaspersky, free from the bank!

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: ninjapirate on 14 October 2011, 12:56:08

cool, if you could just pm me your banking details  ;)  i think ive still got a licence for spyware doctor but not convinced tht didnt cause probs with my last laptop.
any other good free ones i can swap to?

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: Lazydocker on 14 October 2011, 12:57:33

I've used Avast for a few years :y

Found AVG too resource hungry ;)

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: Osprey on 14 October 2011, 14:36:34

I find Chrome is fine - makes me wonder what IE does to waste all that extra time it takes. 

Definitely bin AVG though - it's like swimming in porridge when that's running.   :(

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: ninjapirate on 14 October 2011, 14:38:01

guna get avg off in a bit, not liking being back on firefox lol chrome is much quicker!

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: dbug on 14 October 2011, 15:19:18

Quote from: Lazydocker on 14 October 2011, 12:57:33

I've used Avast for a few years :y

Found AVG too resource hungry ;)

Likewise - found Avast good  :y

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: Jimbob on 14 October 2011, 15:23:22

another for avast (and against my old fav AVG too, was great till the last version or so)

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: TheBoy on 14 October 2011, 18:30:42

IE is the fastest, the most stable, and the lowest footprint of the big 3 currently (thiugh the new FF looks good :y). Chrome is the worse in all respects, plus has a dreadful history with (lack of) security.

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: ninjapirate on 14 October 2011, 19:04:29

have you hit your head? IE totaly sucks, and crashes all the time and its slow. chrome has been perfect until the stupid avg 2012 upgrade.

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: tunnie on 14 October 2011, 19:42:38

I've just switched to Windows 7, so far really liking it now i've been pushed to use it. Certainly quick, so far no issues .......... apart from IE, crashed on my everytime I used it, total, utter, shite, really slow at rendering sites compared to chome.

Got my bookmarks sync'd straight away, I love its simple uncluttered look which maximises the browsing space.

 

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: TheBoy on 14 October 2011, 19:53:04

Quote from: ninjapirate on 14 October 2011, 19:04:29

have you hit your head? IE totaly sucks, and crashes all the time and its slow. chrome has been perfect until the stupid avg 2012 upgrade.

Afraid virtually every independent benchmark proves that Chrome requires the most memory, is a CPU hog, and is the least stable of the big 3.

Title: Re: google chrome being pants
Post by: TheBoy on 14 October 2011, 19:55:45

Quote from: tunnie on 14 October 2011, 19:42:38

I've just switched to Windows 7, so far really liking it now i've been pushed to use it. Certainly quick, so far no issues .......... apart from IE, crashed on my everytime I used it, total, utter, shite, really slow at rendering sites compared to chome.

Got my bookmarks sync'd straight away, I love its simple uncluttered look which maximises the browsing space.

IE core is rock stable. Check what naff plugins you have, as thats about all that can bring IE down.

Known common problematic ones are Acrobat and AV ones.

Not seem an IE8 or IE9 crash for ages on any of my home or work systems.