Parallels uses 40% cpu with Outlook

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by mrspeakers, Jun 3, 2008.

  1. mrspeakers

    mrspeakers Member

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    VMWare on the same system uses 2%. I way prefer Parallels, but this is killing my battery. I'm on 10.5.3, with build 5600. Ideas?
     
    mrspeakers, Jun 3, 2008
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  2. John@Parallels

    John@Parallels Forum Maven

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    Do you mean with the same Outlook settings VmWare uses only 2 % of CPU?
     
    John@Parallels, Jun 4, 2008
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  3. brianwmay

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    That's funny because one of the reasons I quit using Outlook (2003) in Win XP Pro was that it used up to 100% CPU and was a royal pain in the proverbial.

    I shall watch this thread with interest.
     
    brianwmay, Jun 4, 2008
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  4. mrspeakers

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    It turns out that VMWare consumes CPU cycles that aren't shown as a running process. So the real CPU consumption is shown by the graphical chart, but not by the running processes. Visually, it looks like VMWare is just as CPU heavy.
     
    mrspeakers, Jun 4, 2008
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