Computer annoyance

[cjsmith]

Last night I put more memory in my laptop, and this morning (after a "copy" that lasted all night) I upgraded its disk.

Now it makes a noise that leaves me wanting to throw it off a building.

I suppose I could undo all the changes and just quit using Firefox. It's amazing how much faster everything on this computer works when I don't use Firefox. Too bad I like Firefox.

edit: It was the disk. I have the old one back now. Great: I am now the proud owner of an expensive object that doesn't even make a good doorstop. *sigh* and this isn't even a Monday...

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Firefox has definitely been swapping extensively. Thanks for the link!

[johnreen.livejournal.com]

Are you using any extensions?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Adblock, Greasemonkey. I haven't gone through the process of pulling them back out to see whether it's better-behaved without.

[johnreen.livejournal.com]

Adblock is known to leak memory like a sieve.

The developer's response was to give the project the middle finger and ignore us.

Use AdblockPlus. It does more, doesn't leak memory, and the developer isn't an asshole.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll try that!