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How much disk space does your Internet Explorer 8 use on your Windows XP?
I'm running XP Service Pack 3 & I'm wondering if it takes up more or less than the ≈28MB that the latest Firefox takes up. I already know IE8 takes up WAY more RAM/memory to run, but what about disk space? . . . Please advise. 8^)
Thanks so far, guys!
So which browser do you recommend overall then?
2 Answers
- 1 decade ago
The IE would take less than the 28MB. Also, Firefox has been a target of hackers lately. I would not recommend Firefox to anyone as they have 150 employees! that is it! They simply do not have the resources to offer as safe a browser as a Giant such as Microsoft. There have been more apps for Firefox than I can count that have been found to be malicious. Please do not be one of the ones who gets malware because of Firefox.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Around 18.9mb for the file folder and 2mb for the updates folder.
One way to optimize IE8 is to go TOOLS > Manage Add-Ons , and disable all accelerators, Bing searches, Bing Maps, etc etc, stuff you dont need to load everytime IE8 starts, and it will make opening tabs faster , if not faster than firefox, but not as fast as Google Chrome