Mine runs chrome/firefox as smoothly as my gaming rig for any tab count less than 10. I can attest to the ability of mine, which is worth 30 bucks as a generous estimate. However, the adblocker isn't enabled by default. It's possible to add your own filter lists.
The most important reason people chose Opera is: The built-In adblocker is faster than any extension. Worst case scenario, you can buy a used chromebook that runs browsers flawlessly for $40 or less. Opera is ranked 25th while Microsoft Edge (Chromium) is ranked 30th. (For readers other than OP with sub-par specs)Īs the stats on the above website testifies, unless you want to use K-Melion (have fun with that), there's really no better options, and honestly, chrome or similar is perfectly fine for most (They run on mostly the same code anyways, webkit and blink or smth). Fortunately, a browser like chrome is actually perfectly capable of running on even fairly weak computers. Needless to say, it does not belong as a recommendation on a general thread on r/browsers.Īs a real recommendation, for anyone that wants to use the internet normally with awful specs, there is no good option that employs the web's graphical abilities to its full extent. Qutebrowser, on the other hand, is a fairly niche opensource vim-like browser that is maintained mostly by a single guy. lynx is a TUI browser, which is effectively useless in this day and age, although to be fair it would have flawless performance on anything less than 30 years.
