How to make my Macbook Work Harder!

[Ahheck01]

Hey guys, I have a 2.0Ghz Macbook (aluminum, 2gb RAM, 140gb HD). I notice there are a lot of apps that I use that are CPU-intensive that, even when it's plugged in, will only use 25% of the CPU's capacity.

When I'm not using any other program, and it's only using 25%, wouldn't that program run 4 times faster if it would just use 100%? It seems pointless to have it sit there 75% idle while I wait that much longer for a function to finish?

Is there a way to allow certain programs to use more power so they run faster?

Thanks guys,

-Evan

 

[Hellhammer]

Check that app's preferences if there's a setting that can limit the CPU usage. Check also your energy saving settings and make sure you're using best performance setting

 

[Ahheck01]

Check that app's preferences if there's a setting that can limit the CPU usage. Check also your energy saving settings and make sure you're using best performance setting

So those settings are within the app? I opened up Energy Saver in preferences (running 10.6.1) and there was nothing performance related - only when hard disks and screen dim or turn off. Am I missing something?

-Evan

 

[clyde2801]

Check that app's preferences if there's a setting that can limit the CPU usage. Check also your energy saving settings and make sure you're using best performance setting

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that only apply to power pc macs? I think they did away with that setting in the intels.

 

[Hellhammer]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that only apply to power pc macs? I think they did away with that setting in the intels.

I don't know.. I only have an iMac Maybe I remember wrong. Hopefully someone else can advice us

 

[Zortrium]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that only apply to power pc macs? I think they did away with that setting in the intels.

Correct, that's been gone for awhile.

 

[misterredman]

Hey guys, I have a 2.0Ghz Macbook (aluminum, 2gb RAM, 140gb HD). I notice there are a lot of apps that I use that are CPU-intensive that, even when it's plugged in, will only use 25% of the CPU's capacity.

When I'm not using any other program, and it's only using 25%, wouldn't that program run 4 times faster if it would just use 100%? It seems pointless to have it sit there 75% idle while I wait that much longer for a function to finish?

Is there a way to allow certain programs to use more power so they run faster?

Thanks guys,

-Evan

Are you sure there is a bottleneck somewhere else? Like the app reading from the data from the hard drive before processing it?
What kind of apps are you using?