Microsoft: Internet Explorer 9 Best at Sparing Your Laptop Battery!
March 31, 2011
By: Stephen Shankland
Microsoft’s real-world power consumption measurements for several browsers with a news site open.
(Credit: Microsoft)
After some real-world tests, Microsoft has concluded Internet Explorer 9 is the most energy-efficient of the major browsers on the market.
Microsoft compared its new browser with Opera 11, Firefox 4, Chrome 10, and Safari 5 on an Intel laptop, measuring how many watts the machine consumed with the browser idling, showing a news site, and running graphics-intensive Web tests.