on 9/10/02 3:57 PM, Harry Zink wrote: >> It uses a constant stream of read/seeks while running or using it, even if >> just viewing one email or hiding in the background. > > If this is true, then that's a terrible architecture, and it would wreak > havoc with battery consumption on laptops.
Ok, this is how I did this, so you can duplicate it yourself. I went into entourage and set it to work offline, and then turned off all schedules. Open terminal, and and type: $ top (btw, the $ is the comand prompt, don't type it) Then get entourage's PID number on the far left, if you have no other apps open you'll probably see two, just grab the one with the largest amount of memory. Then, in another terminal window (or quit top) type: $ sudo fs_usage (enter entourage's PID here without parentheses) Watch entourage roll like a pig in sh** requesting localtime calls, seeks and reads and all sorts of things. Now, do the exact same thing with apple's mail or eudora or almost any other app that isn't crappy shareware and notice the difference. Ie, I dropped explorer. Finally had to wipe it from my system. No ill will towards ms for it, I simply couldn't count on it as it crashed too often for it to be reliable. I have no ill will because it was =free=. Actually there is some ill-will, but that is because every time I did launch ms it would decide to make it my default browser, but I digress... I actually like office, I have bought 3 copies of MS office which have cost me $1500. At $500, this piece of software costs almost as much as photoshop. I have none of these issues (I haven't gone into the dbase issues I've had, all sorts of other things) with other apps in that class. There is a lot of work that needs to be done on that program, and I know I sure as hell am not going to spend another $1500 this year for a paid update to fix them all, or even $500 if they offer upgrades. But that's just me, I highly doubt I'm the only one though if my colleagues or others I encounter are in not just blowing smoke. Michael Bryan Bell ------------------ ICQ: 16106263 Yahoo: mhbell1 AIM: drunkenbatman "I've got a simple rule: if I can do it, it's not art." -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
