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tistou
Bronze Contributor
Aug 24, 2019

Microsoft Edge process

Hello   Why, at times, the Edge processes are all grouped together (only one separated) ?     And at times, they are "scattered"?   Not possible to have them all the time "groupe...
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tistou
Bronze Contributor
Sep 04, 2019

Hello

 

I do not think normal behavior
For example, I'm on a web page, in Apps (Task manager), I have "Microsoft Edge (9)"

And suddenly, I have

Apps : Microsoft Edge (5)
background processes : 4 or 5 separate process in background

If processes were grouped in background processes (as in Apps), why not
There, it's more "borderline" :smile:
 
Thanks
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tistou
Bronze Contributor
Sep 07, 2019

Hi

 

It's just not possible what kind of use for a browser, 24 processes for 2 open tabs... :facepalm:
 
 
There is way to optimize this point of view consomation, numbers of processes, etc ...
The old Edge consumes less than that
 
Thanks
  • HotCakeX's avatar
    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Sep 07, 2019
    The Edge team is already on to it to optimize the Edge for less CPU and RAM usage.
    you don't have to intentionally expand the Edge process, just leave it be as one icon in the taskmanager.
    by the way, Google chrome canary is the same.
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      tistou
      Bronze Contributor
      Sep 07, 2019

      HotCakeX 

       

      Thanks for your reply

       

      I compared the number of processes with Chrome, and they are more often grouped together.

      After that, it would be better to optimize Edge Chromium compare to Google Chrome, otherwise what would be the interest of using Edge Chromium if it is exactly the same as Google Chrome (browser copied / pasted) ?
       
      But it's my feeling, as much process used for a browser, is not an "optimized" browser
      That's why me (and others) still use IE in main browser (maybe firefox), it is very well aside there
      • HotCakeX's avatar
        HotCakeX
        MVP
        Sep 07, 2019
        Google Chrome is the fastest because of its V8 and Blink engines, they sacrifice RAM to give the user the best and fastest page loads and responses. Google and Microsoft both want to keep the same level of responsiveness but at the same time lower the RAM usage.

        i personally have 16GB of RAM and can't care less about RAM usage. even when running 3 Hyper-V VMs on my PC and having 10+ Edge insider tabs open my PC still won't slow down a bit.

        I remember i bought a PC around the time Windows 7 came out, 10-11 years ago and my PC had 4GB RAM and a 4 core CPU. it was a norm during that time. after 5 years i upgraded it and installed 8GB RAM. 2 years ago i upgraded once again and installed 16GB of RAM. i will probably upgrade my PC in 3-4 years and install 32 GB. so the point is, everything is going forward, the technology is advancing. hardware are getting cheaper.

        compare todays Android phones with 10 years' ago Android phones. back then they had only 256 or 512 MB RAM and it was a real deal. but now the Norm is between 4-8 GB (preferably 8), the top notch phones got 12GB of RAM and they are better than 100% of the computers existed 10 years ago.

        so if you keep your hardware updated then you wouldn't need to worry about little tiny RAM usages. Google and Microsoft can't do magic. maybe the best they will do is to lower RAM usage by a few megabytes (~200mb) and that's it, not a big difference.

        I've never liked Internet explorer for many reasons. it shouldn't even exist today. even 5 years ago it was so bad and too slow to use.