So, is it FUD or not. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok, I read further. Under Boot Camp, some adjustment is made, but the CPU > still runs hotter and battery lasts shorter than under OSX. Equivalent > drivers under Ubuntu don't lower the voltages, so damage can occur. > > --Don > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So, what does this do to running WindBlows under Boot Camp? >> >> I'm happy running all these others in a VM, but I occasionally have to >> reboot into WinDOS when the VM is missing just a little bit of authenticity >> required by some (very rare) programs. >> >> Maybe the Boot Camp extensions adjust Windoze so it meets the OS >> requirements? >> >> --Don Ellis >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is this FUD? or not? >>> >>> http://th-th.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=58812459188&topic=16464 >>> >>> "It's not so much 'will', but the risk of damage to the CPU is >>> documented, and the more modern the CPU, the higher the risk. >>> >>> "The reason is fairly technical, but what it boils own to is that the >>> higher the voltages feeding the CPU, the greater chance there is of >>> electrons "jumping the rails" and causing incorrect logic values, and >>> instead of these voltages being looked after by the BIOS chips on the >>> motherboard, they are handled directly by the operating system. OSX knows >>> how to do this, Ubuntu does not. >>> >>> "Technical background and explanation:...." >>> >>> -- >>> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >>> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >>> To post: [email protected] >>> To subscribe: [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >>> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >> >> >> > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
