On a fairly regular basis now, both before with Lion and continuing with Mountain Lion, my MBA (4GB RAM, 1.86 C2D) momentarily "bogs": if I am using the cursor, it moves hesitantly and skips about in ...
MacFixIt reader "Martin V." writes in to alert us about an ongoing issue with his MacBook Air. The process 'kernel_task' uses an inordinate amount of system resources causing his system to run ...
I've recently noticed that kernel_task is constantly using 11% of CPU on my 2.53 GHz MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.6. Try disconnecting from your network. You may have some device that is actually ...