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?

I'd recommend multiple monitors, at least 3. Others can recommend the hardware to make sure this runs fast and smooth.

Also, with multiple tabs, I find it easier to open 2 or 3 new browser windows so 5-10 tabs are open in one browser window, another 5-10 tabs in another browser window, another 5-10 tabs in another browser window. Toggle (alt-tab) between the windows. And the tabs are still labeled in this setup, otherwise the tabs at the top get so tiny you can't tell one from the other. And if you have 3 monitors, you could have a separate browser window open on each monitor.

Also, learn the shortcut keys...

Alt-tab to toggle between windows or programs.

Ctrl-tab to toggle between browser tabs in chrome (or ctrl-shift-tab to go in reverse).

Ctrl-t = new blank tab

Ctrl-w = close a tab

Monitoring. wrote:

Reading comprehension doesn't seem to be one of your skills. Others on this thread have noted that they often have 50, or more, browser tabs opened. You don't do that, and you fail to understand why anyone else would.

Maybe your other 49 tabs caused you to miss the point...

rojo wrote:

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

How the hell you got into an Ivy League school perplexes me. You can right click on a Mac. That's an incredibly trivial reason for not wanting a Mac.

I think that something like this would do the job very well.. 16 GB ram, 256 GB SSD and 1TB HDD. And HDMI port would support a second monitor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314809

jjjjjj wrote:

do not ever get a dell computer.

Why? Dell currently has the best Chromebook & the best Ultrabook for the money. Practically every Tech review site has been raving about how awesome the Dell XPS 13 is for the last couple of months. And the new Dell Chromebook was recently released and already predicted to lead the way again. Pretty impressive for 1 company.

Chromebooks & ultrabooks are the only 2 categories I follow. For all I know they may be leading in other categories.

"There’s a new king in the Chromebook town, and surprise, it wears a Dell badge."

The Real World wrote:

Give me a break.

I regularly operate with 20-25 instances of Firefox, with no problem, including streaming on youtube, soundcloud, and pandora.

I have an old Acer desktop with an Athlon 64 and 3GB RAM running XP-SP3 that I use for surfing (note XP can address a max of only 3.5GB of RAM)

Plus, I run VGA monitors using the crappy on-board graphics for one, and j5 Create USB-->VGA outboard graphics cards for the other 5.

64GB RAM, are you kidding me? What a joke. High-speed graphics card with massive onboard memory? What a joke. Browsers are not video editing/production.

You're technical ignorance is showing. I'm sure you are happy loading a website in 5-20 seconds that I can load in a fraction of a second.

Loading time for graphics heavy websites do benefit from a decent GPU.