On a much faster machine (2 x 2.0 GHz G5) I get 0.2-0.5% usage (out of 200%) when PM is in the background. OSX 10.3.latest.
A John Leiher at Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:53:20 -0400 said: > >I'm investigating the possibility of upgrading PM from V. 4.1.2 to >version 5. I downloaded the 5.1b3 demo this morning and since I had >already tried out a demo 5xxx when it had first been released some >months ago, the demo has expired. No problem with that however, my >impressions of the original demo - from what I can remember - are >good... One problem I do notice however is the excessive CPU usage with >this demo.. Activity Monitor indicates 45 to 55% CPU usage when >Powermail V.5 is idle. PM 4.1.2 uses 1.9 to 2.5% CPU when idle and Apple >Mail uses 0.5% when idle. Have any of you folks on the list had any >experience with this excessive CPU performance? > >333/G3upgraded7600/682mbRam/Tempo133/2_ATA_MaxtorHD180GBtotal/ATIRadeonMac > > > > > >
