Sounds like BS to me. I looked through several pages here & didn't see anything:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro Also looks like theres some great advice on those pages! Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery." ---James Joyce On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
