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Old 09-05-2010, 03:47 AM   #37
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Still. Calibre IS very slow. I dpn't believe I have any other program on my computer that is as demanding on my computer, as Calibre is.



I tried just starting and closing some "heavy weight" programs, and monitored CPU usage. OpenOffice Writer, Firefox and The Gimp all seem very modest in CPU-usage, when starting, compared to Calibre.

I suspect this is because Calibre relies to a large extent on code written in Python. While this means that development can progress at a close to neck breaking speed, it also means that the performance does suffer.

I can live with that. I don't mind waiting a few seconds longer for Calibre, than I wait for other programs. But others may become surprised, annoyed and confused when they discover that Calibre is the worst CPU-hog they use.

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