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I see. Does it disrupt your use of the computer in any way? In other words, if you weren't looking at a CPU monitor, would you notice?
by pmiller2 6y ago
I see. Does it disrupt your use of the computer in any way? In other words, if you weren't looking at a CPU monitor, would you notice?
- oarsinsync 6y agoUsing half a core for 10 mins per hour will likely have a material effect on battery life. Unless someone instruments exactly how much, it’s hard to say, but this doesn’t seem like a hand-wave.
- saagarjha 6y agoIt would make the fans come on occasionally, which was annoying. But in general I am of the opinion that apps shouldn’t be using processor time when they’re not doing anything useful. This is why I always have a CPU monitor open: it quickly lets me know when something starts doing unexpected things.