On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:16:08 -0800, Norman Hollander on h-WiZ.biz wrote:

>Physical heat.  But then I suppose it wouldn't be getting hot if it were in
>a wait state.  So practically speaking, I guess YES to both.
 
 
You are exhibiting a z/OS bias!  
 
z/VM "waits" with a CPU loop (so it doesn't need to come out of a wait state 
when it is waiting) so it would run just as hot when it was idle as otherwise.  
(Unless there is special code to account for machine perspiration?) 
 
-- 
Tom Schmidt 
 

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