Anne Wilson wrote: > Those that dynamically update, such as weather > plasmoids, probably do. Those that are fairly > static, like the picture frame, probably eat > very little. Sounds good. On my desktop computer, weather and rss update only every 30 minutes here, so should be minimal strain. Picture frame, when I use it, changes every 2 minutes or so, so that would suggest somewhat increased load, but also minimal. Again, you have stilled my concerns, so I can likely even begin using plasmoids on my 3.5 year old laptop, where I always refrained, due to concerns about sapping processor power :-)