On Friday 23 March 2007, Sheer El-Showk wrote: [...] > > My first guess would have been that powering down the GPU would have > significantly improved the battery life but Core Duo owners (I have a > C2D) claim this is not so. Is the problem more crappy ATI drivers? > In OS X I've noticed that if my processors are idling at even a few > percent (because of some stupid javascript webpage) then the battery > life is much reduced. Is it possible that there's just too much going > on in the background in Linux?
Probably the power savings by reducing the GPU speed and voltage with a C2D Macbook Pro are larger, as the 1st generation Macbook had the GPU running at a lower frequency. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
