Re:

A faster PC  will only reduce the amount of time the CPU is
at 100%
usage.

A dual-core or hyperthreaded CPU will reduce it to 50% (ie
100% of one
processor)

I'd try to find what the real problem is ((perceived) load
time too
long?) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of writing applications and components
using 
> Visual Basic .NET [mailto:VBDOTNETDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM] On 
> Behalf Of John Brett
> Sent: 30 March 2006 15:45
> To: VBDOTNETDISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
> Subject: Re: [VBDOTNET]
> 
> That feels like the wrong question. Its more
interesting to 
> know why the client cares, and if it does matter, then
buying 
> a faster PC is the easiest way of dealing with the
problem.
> 
> That said, if your app is unresponsive for a long
period 
> during startup, there are plenty of ways in which you
can 
> improve on it. See the recent thread on backgrounding
your 
> initialisation, for example.
> However, you really need to understand why the client
is 
> concerned about the CPU usage before trying to fix it.
For 
> example, I'd be really hacked off if I had bought a
program, 
> and it artificially limited its CPU usage to 50% and 
> therefore took twice as long to start, whilst I'm
sitting 
> around waiting for it.
> 
> John
> 
> On 3/30/06, Steven Amani <steven.amanichristiansteven.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way I can limit my program to only use
up to a 
> maximum level of the CPU - say 60% - Its just one
client is 
> complaining that an application (VB.NET) is taking up
100% of 
> CPU when loading.
> 
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