What happened to Safari?

Older iMac with 2GB memory. Really bogs down on some sites using Safari. Looked at memory use and vitrually gone. Changed to Firefox and no problem. Can't see buying more memory for Safari. Is Safari no longer viable?

I must admit mine is only about 200 MB real and 1 GB virtual - I never use tabs.
I suspect it is excessive tab use combined with the enforced regular reloading of all Safari 5.1 tabs in the background. This will slow everything as memory is continually moved to and from disk. Reducing tabs or eliminating them will probably dramatically reduce RAM use.

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