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Old May 9th, 2008   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Spyhop View Post
Running lots of apps does not require more cpus (or more cores). Unless you're actually giving each app a task to chew on simultaneously.... (unlikely) then all you need is a decent amount of ram. Open apps don't take up cpu cycles, only apps in use do.
Yeah of course thats what I mean, not apps sitting idly in your physical or virual ram. But virus scanners are one of those things that bog computers down. Even Kaspersky.
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