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namethisfile

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Jan 17, 2008
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watching netflix w/ safari (latest version as of now) on mbp screen (used as secondary screen w/ external monitor) causes mbp fans to speed up and activity monitor showing ~50% cpu usage on i7 (620m, i think).

this caused everything to lag and even crashing safari.

after opening up safari again, i then moved the netflix browser window to the external monitor (setup as primary screen) and the cpu usage wen back to normal (~17% under activity monitor) and the fans slowed down and no lag in using the rest of the computer.

has anyone noticed this? just thought it is odd that it would make a difference which screen i am using to watch netflix. my computer is a mid-2010 15" mbp with dual monitor setup using an ext monitor....
 
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