> i think it is a normal behavior, half of the cpu is reserved for the > plugins the other for the rest of the application, No it's not, the rest of the application hardly uses any CPU (and the plugins are the only thing that really make the cpu load variable). > it does the same on > my G5, if i open plugins only one CPU goes up on the CPU Monitor, In that case you only have one plugin that uses a serious amount of CPU power (and can't be devided). If you start from that situation and add another CPU-heavy plugin, you should see the other meter go up. Maurits.