My Reply follows quote. On 14/08/2002 13:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (victoria brandon) >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >It seems reasonable that changing the PB display to black and white would >increase battery working time, and subjectively I get the impression that it >does. But if so why isn't the option included in the Energy Saver Control >Panel: it would be handy to set the computer to switch automatically to b & >w when on battery, and back to color when plugged in. So two questions: >is it true that a color screen drains more juice? And if so is there a >better way (such as an Applescript) to switch back and forth than simply >remembering to switch back and forth? > >Thank you much, >Victoria ------------ Hmm, well, I would guess that it is more likely that the "backlight" for the display takes more energy than "lighting up" a different set of pixels in the display. That is probably why the screen dims when power is getting low.
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