Safari is a RAM-eating monster
I recently upgraded my Mac mini from 4GB RAM to 8GB in the hope of avoiding the constant problem of running out of RAM while using Safari (currently v. 6.0.2). But all it did was postpone the inevitable a bit.
Activity Monitor just told me that Safari Web Content was using more than 4.6GB of RAM—with no windows open! Plus another 100MB for Safari itself.
Is it just me, or is this totally insane? Surely the software geniuses at Apple can figure out a way to release RAM when windows are closed! (I asked a developer friend and he said Safari probably has what he called "object-oriented disease". But come on, this is 2012!) My Mac regularly turns into a beachball-spinning slug because Safari is so poorly designed.
Has anyone done comparisons to see if the other available browsers are more parsimonious with RAM?
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 8 GB RAM