I believe it is to avoid drawing more power than the adapter can deliver (with the battery in, much like a Prius, the battery can help to cover spikes in load).
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Francois Pepin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, if your energy settings are to save battery as I said in the >> original reply. You can choose which mode you want to use (from battery >> saving to best performance - and you can even create a custom mode), so >> it's up to you whether you want battery life or fast benchmarks ;). Note >> that the settings are customizable for both batter and adapter power. >> > > Actually, it's the difference between: > > Laptop plugged in, battery in: > >indexGenerator(0.08,0.15,30,100) > user system elapsed > 12.051 0.193 13.365 > > Laptop plugged in, battery out: > >indexGenerator(0.08,0.15,30,100) > user system elapsed > 25.507 0.503 27.368 > > This is with a 2.16GHz MacBook Pro. > > So it should fall under the "Power adapter" energy saving in both cases. > Does anyone know why it should run slower without the battery? > > Francois > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > -- Byron Ellis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Oook" -- The Librarian [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
