On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 11:09, Jason wrote:
I've noticed that OOo doesn't like it if there are other processes using the CPU.
Not true. It all depends on how busy the CPU is with other processes. Each process has to wait for its slice of the cpu time.
Typing also lags big time. I can type a medium length sentance before it starts appearing on screen. There's no unusual hard disc activity, and cpu usage stands still while this waiting is going on.
Again this also depends on busy the hard drive is, every process accessing the hard drive has to wait its turn in the queue. If you run a process the is CPU and IO intensive it will slow down every other process. OO is very PCU and IO intensive when it starts. One of the reasons i use 10k rpm drives and dual cpus. What a difference. Ken