On 10/19/04 at 8:01 PM, PowerMail discussions (powermail- [EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Thank-you to all who've responded to my query so far... as an adendum to my previous post I did notice a tremendous amount of HD activity while PM V. 5.1b3 demo is running or idle. I think this explains the high CPU activity - perhaps it is looking for a database that doesn't exist? Because the demo has expired, I have no way of instituting a "new" database or a previous one because the program is for all intents and purposes locked. Perhaps someone on staff could explain the HD activity with 5.1? V. 4.1.2 - as I mentioned previously, works without fault on my system. I would really like to upgrade PM to V.5 but until I can resolve the CPU and HD activity, I can't. John >> >>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 >> From: "Jim Pistrang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I'm running 5.1b1 and seeing between .9 and 1.5 when PM is idle and in >the background. As I type this, I see levels between 5 and 10. > >I say do the upgrade! From: "alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >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. From: "Sean McBride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Your CPU is slow, but I think that's certainly not normal. > >I do have CPU-usage problems with PM 5.1b3 though. When checking for >mail, PM briefly uses >100% CPU for about 2 seconds. The app becomes >totally unresponsive and the mail checking progress bar freezes up. >Quite annoying. I have a 1.2 GHz G4. Anyone see this? > > >
