> It's an OSX preference pane so it won't work on any other OS. I
> haven't looked into it maybe because I can't see any obvious
> difference from a user standpoint other than temperatures decrease. I
> believe it throttles down the processors and possibly shuts one down
> when not needed. From the computers side, it spends most of it's time
> idly siting there waiting for the user to do something.
> The preference pane does have a couple of settings to choose from but
> it defaults to the off setting on restart. Most people have a script
> in their login items to turn it on.
This thread is a good summary of the issues with napping CPUs on G4:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=67444
In general, people have reported strange behaviour with nap on some
systems and others work just great. The only CPUs that reliably do well
are G5s, which is good or they would be even hotter. The later your G4,
the better the chance nap will work and be helpful. The OS may also play
a role.
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