The guy's a tech writer. Let's give him some credit. He wouldn't be so stupid as to measure CPU use on only one core of a multicore system.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:49 AM, John Duncan Yoyo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ya, this is one of the oddest things I've ever seen an adult do, much >> less a tech writer. But I _would_ like to hear more about how IE8 >> offloads the CPU load to... what? The video card? > > > It sends things to the other available cores in your multicore processor. > >> >> >> > At work, I often have 40 or 50 tabs open in Firefox, grouped in >> > different windows depending on which topic they pertain to. Frequently, >> > Firefox would slow down all the other applications on my computer, >> > then seize up completely. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Chris Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Well, this guy thinks so, anyway: >> > >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_google_chrome_ >> > 2 >> > He does seem to base his entire judgment on whether or not opening 50 >> pages >> > with Flash content brings his PC to its knees (Firefox: yes, Chrome: sort >> > of; IE8: no). >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > > -- > John Duncan Yoyo > -------------------------------o) > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
