Microsoft Edge’s new RAM slider looks brilliant, and I need it on my Mac right now

I might be a longtime iPhone and Mac user, but my browser of choice on macOS is Microsoft's Edge. It's been my go-to browser for a few years now. It has replaced Chrome, which was a resource hog back when I first made the switch. As for Apple's Safari browser, it has never been good enough for my needs.

But Edge on Mac has also become a massive resource hog for the better part of the past year. It's using a lot of RAM on my Intel MacBook Pro, and I find myself closing and reopening tabs constantly to fix the issue. Yes, I have several dozen tabs open at any given time, which is something I didn't dare do with Chrome.

Fast-forward to early April, and it looks like Microsoft is trying to fix this problem, at least on Windows. It's testing a memory slider for Edge that will let the user easily limit the RAM that Edge can use.

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