It just occurred to me that my newish MacBook gives me no less than four sensory modalities for detecting high CPU usage:
- The scrolling bar-graphs [one per CPU] of the Activity Monitor icon in the Dock
- The unobtrusive little purring fan that comes on every few seconds after the CPU’s been busy for a while
- The extra warmth of the computer against my palms and lap (I won’t
say it gets “hot”; maybe “toasty”.)
…and the number Four sensory modality I just recognized: - Faint, pleasant scent of warm electronics (“New Computer Smell”)
Still missing is taste, and maybe balance and proprioception, but I think I don’t want my computer using those pathways to communicate with me.