On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Leonid Podolny <leonidp.li...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > > Is the CPU level at single percents when you actually *do* something? > > Looking on it at idle does not count :) If not, what process occupies > > most CPU? > Yes, when I do something CPU-intensive, the CPU is at 100%, as expected. > > And looking at it at idle does count -- that's exactly the problem, my > box is slow even though nothing consumes the CPU. > I didn't say CPU-intensive; I meant "something that behaves slowly but is not supposed to because it is NOT CPU intensive" - like ticking a checkbox in the browser that you mentioned... the question is if DURING the slowness (waiting for response) - does the CPU use spikes. -- Shimi
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