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Lifehacker do a simple and "unscentific" speed test between most user browsers: Internet Explorer 7.0.6, Safari 3.1.1, Opera 9.5 and Mozilla Firefox 3 RC3; the system for the test is a Windows Vista (32 bit) machine with an Intel core duo2GHz) processor and 2 GB of RAM. On the whole the best browser is Opera 9.5: it is the faster at startup-time and in javascript test and second in multi-tab load time, CSS test, and memory usage with 8 tabs open. Firefox 3 RC3 win the test of memory use, this is a real improvement compared with the previous version of firefox. See the test.