Why does Tasktop appear to use so much cpu and memory?
The heap status that is reported should be the actual memory usage of the application. Java reserves memory based on the -Xmx argument that is specified in the (512M for Tasktop). This shouldn’t impact the performance of Tasktop or other applications as much of this reserved memory is unused. Also, under windows, IE can take up a large chunk of memory and this will also be reported under Tasktop’s memory usage. If you�re curious about what background operations Tasktop is running that might be using CPU, use the Home toolbar drop-down and select Window -> Show View -> Other� -> General -> Progress.
