Opera took these claims as fightin’ words and ran its own test.
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Very recently Opera launched Saver Mode to help extend laptop battery life by about 50 percent claiming it keeps the machine cooler by 3 degree centigrade.
Although AdBlock Plus is available for Edge, along with other solutions, Microsoft has no public plans to mirror the adblocking feature, and it is hard to tell how well Opera would fare even in its own tests if it had to render networked marketing material. That said, Microsoft Edge supposedly enables longer browsing on Windows 10 when compared to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and … you guessed it: Opera.
Today’s post accuses Microsoft of a lack of transparency in its testing methods for a result which it has gained much positive publicity from, and notes that Opera’s own repudiating test, which puts its developer version 22% ahead of Edge, runs a more standard gamut, using a variety of types of browsing situations, including video and news, along with an algorithm to effect authentic scrolling behaviour (a weak point for Firefox which is now being addressed).
Microsoft is keen on proving that Windows 10 browser, Edge, really does have an edge over other browsers when it comes to battery life. Opera and the rest of the browser crowd can work on a number of operating systems. “If we get beaten in a test like this, we consider it a bug”.
The company says that its own tests show – surprise, surprise – that it is Opera which is the most efficient battery sipper.
Microsoft Edge wins out in every case, which translates to longer battery life for you, the company declared.
In addition to the results, the report actually reveals how Opera Software came to these conclusions.
They also made a video showing where they performed three separate tests and Microsoft compared Edge with the other three leading internet browsers: Chrome, Firefox and Opera. These laptops feature a 14-inch screen, an Intel Core i3-5005U processor, 4GB of system memory, and a 500GB hard drive.
The browser is by far the most used application on both laptops and desktop computers, and for users it is undoubtedly beneficial that browsers are improving and competing.
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Chrome has gained a bit of a reputation for slaughtering battery life on notebooks and tablets, and Microsoft is honing in on that fact in a new campaign spruiking its Edge browser.
