Hello Nicolas,

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:49:13 -0700 Nicolas Bock wrote:
> what kind of power consumption do you guys get when running on
> battery? On my MacBook Pro with a Core Duo I can't get below about 22
> W. This seems rather high to me but I can't figure out how to get
> this lower. I have tried to turn off services and tried to unload
> bluetooth and wireless modules but so far to no avail.

Try reducing the display's backlight brightness. This is one of the
most power hungry devices that you can easily influence. Easily done
with "pommed". Also, you might want to try reducing the CPU speed
settings (speedstep/cpufreq).


Enjoy.
Thomas

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