I want to have a computer that will work great with 50 browser tabs open at once - what's the key thing to focus on?

Did we really make it to page 2 without somebody suggesting that -- maybe -- you could consider changing your "work" flow to use fewer tabs? Firefox has a "Bookmark all tabs" keyboard shortcut if you want to go back to those pages later.

Rojo, just get something like OneTab browser add-in for the "many tabs open" issue.

rojo wrote:

I want a new computer.

I'm often working with a lot of tabs open. More than 30.

What's the key to making sure this works well?

Is it memory??

Any suggestions?? Both for a desktop and a laptop?? Is their a dell equivalent ot the Mac Pro?

I don't want a mac as I'd like to be able to right click but will consider one if someone is adamant.

-Rojo

PS.

On my current setup, the shockwave flash constantly crashes and is so annoying.

Rojo,

Here are my suggestions in descending order.

1. You'll need lots of RAM, 16 GB would be more than plenty and a little overkill.

2. I highly recommend an SSD drive, specifically the Samsung 840 Pro

3. You need to configure your browser to move your cache to RAM, and to use RAM Disk. Here are links on how to do that.

cache to RAM:

RAM Disk:

4. Use Linux because it is open source and you can modify the source code and browser source code, the RAM disk, and you can use almost any browser. If you don't like Linux, then I have to recommend Macs but I'm not sure how configurable Macs are. Windows always break down on me so I hardly ever use it.

5. For browser I would recommend Firefox since it is highly configurable and open source. Second to Firefox would be Chromium. Third would be Chrome.

Good luck to you.

What is the point of having 50 tabs open at the same time? You can't read them all at once. It's going to slow down any computer.

Think of it this way. You can eat different foods for dinner. You can even put them into your mouth one after the other. But you can't cram them all into your mouth at the same time. That's what happens when you open 50 tabs at once. Even if you are an elite athlete with a speed of light metabolism (equivalent to the highest speed computer in this analogy) you are still going to vomit (crash) if you try to cram them all into your mouth.

50 tabs open at once reminds me of this great post on reddit by a person who needs a laptop that allows him/her to keep 50-100 porn tabs open at once.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SuggestALaptop/comments/2rlo8m/laptop_for_porno_15_300500/

l33ter wrote:

4. Use Linux because it is open source and you can modify the source code and browser source code,

And that's going to help how??

I switched to Mac 3 years ago.

I think my record was 84 tabs open, in firefox. Of course my Macbook Air was crawling, but I didn't care....

I got Mozilla add on to record and resurrect massive tabs open sessions, so solved that.

Does anyone know if Chrome has a good ad blocker yet?

Chrome has turned in a POS browser. Yes, you can use adblock. Google has popout targeted ad banners built into the browser; they start at the right or bottom edge an automatically rollout to contaminate your browser window. You are forced to click on them to close them.

Google has figured out how to defeat adblock. As adblock evolves, Google will continue to auto-updating Chrome to get around the blocks. Cat = Google. Mouse = user.

A Duck wrote:

I switched to Mac 3 years ago.

I think my record was 84 tabs open, in firefox. Of course my Macbook Air was crawling, but I didn't care....

I got Mozilla add on to record and resurrect massive tabs open sessions, so solved that.

Does anyone know if Chrome has a good ad blocker yet?

What kind of Loser would have 84 tabs open? 84 tabs? Do you have a life? You ever read something intellectual?

Ummm, A Duck just let out one part of his method of reporting objectionable LRC posts. A Duck claimed years ago to have report over 10,000 naughty posts. A Duck must be well over 20,000 reported posts by now.

Here is a DYI, four-screen, command control set up for you, Rojo.

http://cdn.overclock.net/8/8e/8ed3e4b2_stand5.jpeg

and,

http://www.overclock.net/t/1276849/diy-triple-monitor-stand-plus-second-tier-4-monitors-total

rojo wrote:

I want a new computer.

I'm often working with a lot of tabs open. More than 30.

What's the key to making sure this works well?

The key is a prescription for Ritalin. Nobody works efficiently or needs 30+ tabs open. Learn to focus, and get rid of the "just dicking around" tabs.

You're welcome.

shockwaveflash wrote:

Rojo, your shockwave flash keeps crashing because you visit obnoxious websites like letsrun.com that play videos automatically and continuously. I had this problem, but instead of getting a new computer, I disabled shockwave flash. (I can still enable videos individually, but they don't play by default.)

Maybe think about the experience of your users (and how it affects how much time they spend looking at your website and your website's ads) when you decide whether to play these videos automatically and how many of them to put on your website.

This x100

Because unlike closed OSes, in Linux you can adjsut your compiled browser, kill other processes, and tailor your machine to perform your tasks.The answer is Linux

HardLoper wrote:

l33ter wrote:

4. Use Linux because it is open source and you can modify the source code and browser source code,

And that's going to help how??

Shoebacca wrote:

(I find it humorous, by the way, that you mention you want to be able to use a computer that right clicks when a number of us experience a bug with the main page where our right clicks are interpreted as left clicks.)

I was not aware of this bug but you are right. I just tested it out and some links interpret right clicks as left clicks.

Lyndon LaRouche wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

And that's going to help how??

Because unlike closed OSes, in Linux you can adjsut your compiled browser, kill other processes, and tailor your machine to perform your tasks.

The answer is Linux

Pretentious nonsense. All OS's can do what you described, and changing the source code of your browser is impractical, irrelevant to the situation, and 99% chance rojo doesn't know how anyway

Not sure if anyone said this yet but also make sure you don't have any browser add-ons that can be doing this. My browser at work often slows down and crashes because of this add-on, for example: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cloud-to-butt-plus/apmlngnhgbnjpajelfkmabhkfapgnoai?hl=en

My wife and I have a side business that does IT/Web development so I frequently have many pages/tabs open. At present I have open:

48 total tabs in 4 Chrome windows and 1 Firefox window

1 Putty window connected to my Linux development server (Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit)

1 Edit pad window with 13 tabs open

The computer:

HP Pavilion LAPTOP

I7

8GB Ram

Windows 7 Professional

So??

Just another example of how little the people on this website, and particularly the people running it, know about much of anything. If you can't run a few dozen browser tabs, you probably can't walk and chew bubble gum at the same time.