Why does mozilla use so much damn memory? (Score 0)

When i have it running in windows it uses 36megs, thats more than every other app i have running combined. including msn messenger, aim, my virus scanner 2 explorer windows and one ie window. there is seriously something wrong with that. make no mistake i love mozilla because of its features i get annoyed when i havent used the browser window for a couple minutes and then when i go back to it, have to wait almost a minute for it to load back into memory so i can continue browsing.