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hey guys this is Austin with so many web browser options which one should you use since the last test there have been a few big updates with a launch of Windows 10 and the new Microsoft edge browser the Mac side has also seen an update with El Capitan so to test I'm using a 2015 13 inch MacBook Pro that's dual booting both OS 10 and windows it's pegged out with a dual core Core i7 integrated iris graphics 16 gigs of memory and a fast SSD the first test is peacekeeper which is a good general test of a browser's performance on the window side Firefox does well with edge falling a bit behind move over to OS 10 and you'll see Safari puts in an impressive showing with Firefox still doing well next up is octane which is more of a pure JavaScript speed test things are very even on Windows 10 with chrome edge and opera and a dead heat in Firefox coming slightly behind on Mac interestingly Safari drops back quite a bit where Chrome and opera continue to do well moving on is the html5 test this measures how each browser supports the various features of the Internet Chrome and opera pull this one out which isn't a huge surprise since opera is based on chromium where both age and Safari fall quite a bit behind another interesting test is browser scope security which checks how many major threats each browser can block again opera and chrome pull up the win here with Microsoft edge coming in right behind a slightly different test is the unity WebGL benchmark this is all about measuring how well each browser handles more intense games on Windows Firefox pulls out an impressive win here over the rest of the field and on Mac it's a similar story although Safari does respectably well too for a more real-world test I timed how long it took for each browser to open and load the Google homepage here Microsoft edge gets a big leg up on everything else with chrome coming in a bit behind and on OS 10 Chrome and Firefox are the quickest but all four browsers do well the amount of memory a browser uses makes a difference especially on less powerful computers so here I loaded each with eight tabs and checked how much RAM they needed on Windows 10 Firefox is the most lightweight with opera and chrome coming in a bit behind things are surprisingly close on El Capitan Safari pulls out a slight edge but all for close enough to not make a huge difference so when you put it all together which browser should you go for on Windows Chrome is the best all-around choice it performs well and doesn't have any major flaws Mack it's a toss-up between Chrome and Safari Chrome tends to perform better but Safari is more optimized so what browser do you guys prefer let me know in the comments below and I will catch you in the next one