Originally Posted by philip.j.fry

and on GNU/LInux The difference I think with Windows is that some IE components are already partially loaded in support of Windows so it only seems to use less resources. Scotts memory usage of about 40-60mb is similar to what I see on my own system (which is currently in a box ready to be moved tommorrow ), one thing to bear in mind is that this has dropped considerably since FF 0.7 (90-100mb) so we can only hope that this will continue.