Slow GUI

[shimi]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Leonid Podolny <leonidp.lists at gmail.com>wrote:

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>
> > 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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