If I were you I'd look closer at each CPU hog and see what it's doing or if there are settings you could change to stop this behavior. For example, there are certainly setting in Camino you could alter, but I'd start by closing o

Thanks, Jordman. I've dumped Camino as it seemed to have a real problem using resources. I can keep the same tabs open with Safari and use far less CPU time. But I've been watching the monitor and am baffled by one thing. When it shows, say User29%, System 14%, when I look up at the individual processes, they don't seem to add up to that much. Most of them say 0.00 or 0.10...all very low except for whichever program I am actively using like Mail right now is 10% and a few others around 5%.
And none of it accounts for OSX suddenly quitting.

Paula
IN/USA
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