[DEMUG] CPU Utilization

[Dick Atlee]

I just did a job that started the fan up, and those graphics did indeed 
go up to 100% -- in all the other observations I had made, they stayed 
constant at something over 50% when the figures to the left showed lower 
or higher values, so I assumed it was decoration rather than real. 
Perhaps it is the fact that I've got dual processors and that the 
results on the graphic display have to be averaged to match the single 
values at the left that was confusing.  Thanks for the clarification -- 
now that I know there IS a connection, I'll keep tabs on it to see if I 
can figure out how the numbers and chart are connected.

Roy Atkinson wrote:
> Ummm....  Activity Monitor shows a stacked bar of CPU activity updated  
> once per second. The red blocks in the bar are system-owned processes  
> and the green are user-owned...there's a key right next to the  
> graphic.  I'm assuming you are looking at the graphic in Activity  
> Viewer and not its Dock icon.