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Re:Electron 4.0.0 by com2kid on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:06PM (#18735148)
The Facebook Messenger tab in my browser consumes way more memory than that if left open.

Heck my Digital Ocean dashboard tab is consuming 155MB of memory right now (WTF DO?)

That said, I am blown away whenever I install an "old school" native Win32 app. The 90s APIs may have sucked to program for, but the end results stood the test of time.

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Re:Electron 4.0.0 by exitcode00 on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:36PM (#18735427)
Exactly, look at the "system" requirements for AOL Instant Messenger:

Windows 2000 or higher Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher 128MB RAM/512MB for enhanced multimedia features (TOTAL RAM in the system!!!!!) Macromedia Flash Microphone and speakers/headset for voice/audio chat

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