Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

> idle % was 68%-92% on my ibook. When I started up AOL only, it dipped as
> low as 22%. So I would not install any other do-dads that are not needed.

Installing and running are two different things. Also remember that less idle 
time doesn't necessarily mean your computer is slower or less powerful for 
other processes. A lot of processes (especially background things that would 
like a lot of cpu) only take/get timecycles when there's nothing else to do.

Maurits.

GAmoore@... <GAmoore@...> wrote:
: I also noticed that the widgets were taking any power, until they came on 
: like a screenswaver (How do you turn that off, by the way? or adjust the time 
: before the widgets just popup automatically?).. then even after I put them away, 
: they stayed on the activity monitor.

I've never had the dashboard come on like a screensaver. Do you have a
hot corner enabled, maybe? (Dashboard & Expose preference pane)

Any widget that still uses CPU after you put it away has not been designed
correctly by whomever programmed it. (They may stay in memory, though.)

-- 
 agreenbu @ nyx . net                             andrew michael greenburg

> Any widget that still uses CPU after you put it away has not been designed
> correctly by whomever programmed it. (They may stay in memory, though.)

I just upgraded to Tiger and took a look at all this. :o) Indeed the widgets 
stay in the activity monitor (ie their processes continue to exist), but they 
use 0% CPU when the dashboard is invisible (at least the ones I tried). And 
they are gone when you close the actual widgets.

To me the dashboard isn't the most useful feature of Tiger (the improved audio 
engine is, at least the combinable devices and I'll try to test if there are 
performance increases) but it doesn't worry me either; if I really would want 
to reclaim that last few percent of my 3.6GHz and 2GB, I just close all 
widgets and be done with it.

Maurits.