System.Timers.Timer vs System.Threading.Timer

Question

I have been checking out some of the possible timers lately, and System.Threading.Timer and System.Timers.Timer are the ones that look needful to me (since they support thre

Answer 1

In his book "CLR Via C#", Jeff Ritcher discourages using System.Timers.Timer, this timer is derived from System.ComponentModel.Component, allowing it to be used in design surface of Visual Studio. So that it would be only useful if you want a timer on a design surface.

He prefers to use System.Threading.Timer for background tasks on a thread pool thread.