Comment by astrange
3 days ago
You probably wanted a low thread priority/QoS setting. The OS knows how to run threads such that they don't heat up the CPU. Well, on modern hardware it does anyway.
3 days ago
You probably wanted a low thread priority/QoS setting. The OS knows how to run threads such that they don't heat up the CPU. Well, on modern hardware it does anyway.
I’d expect any os worth it’s name to run threads in a way that minimizes total energy not fan noise.
People with desktop computers don't care about total energy, but they do care about fan noise for overnight maintenance tasks.
The OP did say this was circa 2010. So we're talking 15 years ago.