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Yeah, I'm still using a 2009 ThinkPad with Debian Linux as my main workstation, and it handles numerous Firefox and Chromium tabs just fine. (I do upgrade the GPU in a server frequently, however.)

> Unfortunately, a couple months ago I realized my MBP was struggling to manage even a single Chrome tab

Probably the author is doing something much more computationally intensive than I am. And also running software from a company that wants to sell frequent hardware upgrades.



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