On 24 Oct 2008, at 12:26, Jason Davies wrote: > > Paul Russell wrote on 24/10/08 at 20:20 > >> >> OK - how abut using Adobe Reader then ? It lets you specify which >> display to use for full screen, and it's not as monstrous as Acrobat. > > hmm. hadn't considered running Reader instead of Acrobat! I > might just do that - thanks. > > CPU is a premium using Macspeech Dictate - so if it hogs like > Acrobat, it'll have to go. Then again, my new MB should arrive > in the next couple of weeks... >
There's no reason why any app should take anything more than a miniscule amount of CPU time if it's not actually doing anything. A few badly-written apps, and perhaps some old Carbon apps might, but anything current should be well-behaved in this regard. Having said that I just opened a PDF on Abobe Reader 8.1 and it seems to take 2.5% CPU when it's in the foreground and 0% when it's in the background, which is a bit naughty, but not exactly hogging the CPU. Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
