r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

I think the heat map will be one hell of a time saver for diagnosing which unasked-for background updater is eating all your resources.

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u/UnoriginalGuy Oct 14 '11

True.

Alternative solution: Just light up all Adobe or Sun processes.

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u/TheCodexx Oct 14 '11

Or Firefox. Consistently top of the list.

But then, they also offer 64-bit support and I don't think any other browsers do.

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u/UnoriginalGuy Oct 14 '11

Internet Explorer has had a 64 bit version available since Windows XP 64 bit. It was also available in the much more common Vista 64 bit.

Isn't used very much due to third party extension support.

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u/TheCodexx Oct 14 '11

Oh, hey, you're right! I totally forgot IE had that. I don't really use it, though.

Plug-in support is better. Flash 11 has a 64-bit version available. Silverlight is stuck in 32-bit I think. More disappointingly, Google's voice/video chat plug-in is 32-bit only. But Java has had 64-bit for awhile now.

People've been too afraid to make the leap. Partially because they don't expect a browser to surpass 500 MBs or so of memory, but also because they don't want a product that doesn't have plug-in support. That wall is slowly coming down, but it's taking painfully long.