Any disadvantages of IE9 on W7 / T61?

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Any disadvantages of IE9 on W7 / T61?

#1 Post by tenpointnine » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:46 am

I have T61 running Windows 7 64bit, 6Gb Ram, 500Gb WD Scorpio Black.

Is there any disadvantage in upgrading from IE8 to IE9? What are the advantages?

I have tried searching, but can't seem to find the answer(s).

Thanks in advance.

Walter

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Re: Any disadvantages of IE9 on W7 / T61?

#2 Post by craigmontHunter » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:47 am

the advantages are huge - thats what I'm using, and the performance is amazing, it takes up less vertical space, has a cleaner look, as well as supporting newer standards - I would recomend you upgrade, I haven't come across any disadvantages, and I've been using it for over a year now.
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Re: Any disadvantages of IE9 on W7 / T61?

#3 Post by Dawnbreaker » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:34 am

Sure, at least it works better than any other version of IE. But even with 9 I'm having this laggy performance, especially when loading video sites & etc, so I never really got used to it.
Why don't you try something better like Firefox or Chrome? :)
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Re: Any disadvantages of IE9 on W7 / T61?

#4 Post by craigmontHunter » Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:06 am

thats interesting - I find IE9 works faster than any of the other browsers, no lags or anything at all - how much of that can be attributed to my ssd I don't know, but I highly reccomend you try firefox, chrome and IE9 and decide for yourself which one you like best.
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Re: Any disadvantages of IE9 on W7 / T61?

#5 Post by tenpointnine » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:21 pm

Thanks guys, I will give it a try.

Walter

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