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Manifest V3
Free Chrome Extension to Increase RAM
person Patrick Bushe · calendar_today April 10, 2026
You cannot physically download more random access memory for a cheap laptop. However, standardizing a free Chrome extension to virtually increase RAM availability is entirely possible via Patrick Bushe’s Tab Manager. By strictly enforcing rules that only allow 3 tabs to remain "awake" while the remaining 40 tabs are forced into suspended hibernation, the extension guarantees Chrome never consumes more than 1GB of memory. It makes an ancient, underpowered laptop feel spectacularly fast again.