Hi Thomas,
I tried both of those and I still can't get below 22 W. Is that as low
as one can go?
nick
On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 22:29 +0100, Thomas Perl wrote:
> 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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