Interviewed by CNN on 16/2/2010 10:09, Daniel told the world: > I wonder why people are so concerned with using as few cycles of > processor power as possible. > > If you've got 4Gigahertz of cycles (yes, I know!!!!), why are people so > pleased to just be using half a gig to do things and then sit there > twiddling your thumbs?? > > Sure, if you're simultaneously using photo-manipulation programs and > drafting programs and the 1812 Overture playing in the foreground, sure, > you don't want to be using much of your cycles on WEB stuff, but > other-wise......
Well, there's the issue of power management. It's pretty important for a notebook running on batteries, and shouldn't be overlooked even in a desktop -- modern CPUs can adjust their power depending on software demands. Less power means less heat which means that the system can run the fan slower... which means less noise and more comfort for the user. In more general terms, well, if you bought that ultra-powerful 16 Gb Core i7 Extreme machine, you probably had some use for all that power, beyond donwloading mail. So anything that is hogging onto that power means that you aren't getting your full money's worth. Conversely, if you are in a tight budget, you don't want to have to upgrade your machine because your web browser runs like molasses. Last night I decided to have a look at Nokia's Ovi Suite, which is supposed to be a replacement/upgrade to the old Nokia PC Suite. Pretty nice, overall, but... it turns out that there is a background component in Ovi Suite that hogs an entire processor core pretty much all the time, *even when the Ovi Suite is closed.* That's unacceptable in my book. I searched around, and there was a lot of people complaining about it. I ripped out the Ovi Suite and went back to the old one until Nokia fixes this. People want to run a lot of programs simultaneously nowadays; the assumption that the computer has power to spare is just wrong -- if any app hogs too much CPU, or RAM, or keeps accessing the hard disk for no good reason, that means that the other apps won't be able to work normally. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... BOFH excuse #269: Melting hard drives *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.0.2 * http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
