On 11/10/00 5:24 PM, Nick Beadman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Final question for the day I promise :-)
>
> I have noticed that under certain circumstances I can type quicker than
> Entourage can keep up. Well with the little spare time I have today I
> decided to look into the problem a little deeper and have noticed that
> Entourage will almost completely monopolize the CPU at times even when to
> the user nothing is going on.
>
> To determine this I am using a combination of a Peek-a-Boo (a process
> manager which shows %CPU and total ticks), Null (which is an application
> that eats all the null time it can) and PPC Load Watcher (which shows a
> percentage of CPU usage).
>
> I have noticed that Entourage can take up to 90% of the CPU when it looks
> like it is basically doing nothing. Interestingly enough Explorer which used
> to be a bit of a hog has dropped dramatically. For example, it is acting
> slowly while I am typing this so I just stopped for a second and the %CPU
> stayed around 78-83%. The really strange thing is that sometimes it just
> gets more responsive on it's own (the %CPU will go as low as 0). I haven't
> yet worked out what is different between fast and slow.
>
> Anyone else seeing this ?
Yes.
Regards,
Jim Baskins
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