Originally Posted by
IPD
It's not quite that black & white, gonzo. While a PC with mediocre hardware may experience some browser slowdown with add-ons, a GOOD pc will barely notice the difference. Even more than that though, the overall internet experience will be faster (on all but the most insanely high-speed connections) because all of the advertisement junk, superfluous cookies, etc...aren't being kept or loaded. While it is all a matter of user preference, I'd really like to keep websites from spamming me with ads tailored around my browsing habits. I didn't add these plug-ins willy-nilly. Each was added deliberately based on frustrations I was having with my browsing experience. It might be a system hog to some, but this 3 year old laptop has 6GB ram and does just fine on most everything.
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