this is no news, but i felt compelled to paste this portion of the Skype EULA for posterity:

Article 4 Utilization of Your computer

4.1Utilization of Your computer.You hereby acknowledge that the Skype Software may utilize the processor and bandwidth of the computer (or other applicable device) You are utilizing, for the limited purpose of facilitating the communication between Skype Software users.
4.2Protection of Your computer (resources).You understand that the Skype Software will use its commercially reasonable efforts to protect the privacy and integrity of the computer resources (or other applicable device) You are utilizing and of Your communication, however, You acknowledge and agree that Skype cannot give any warranties in this respect.

Om,

Does Skype 1.4 for OS X suck up as much CPU time as the previous beta did? I recall you posted something about this last time. If its a CPU hog, I say forget it.

apparently they have made some improvements on this. i will post the results tomorrow morning. sorry, just was too busy today to do anything major.