http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/ne...peed-tests-show-ie-beating-chrome-firefox.ars
According to Microsoft's tests (take those with a grain of salt), IE8 loads Google faster than Google Chrome does, Chrome loads MSN.com faster than IE8, IE8 loads mozilla.com faster than Firefox, and Firefox loads microsoft.com faster than IE8. IE8 also loads Apple's site faster than either of the other two, but Safari wasn't used in the testing.
According to Microsoft's tests (take those with a grain of salt), IE8 loads Google faster than Google Chrome does, Chrome loads MSN.com faster than IE8, IE8 loads mozilla.com faster than Firefox, and Firefox loads microsoft.com faster than IE8. IE8 also loads Apple's site faster than either of the other two, but Safari wasn't used in the testing.