I’d like to know why my laptop runs three times as long on battery power when I’m using WinXP (or Win98) than with Linux. To my knowledge, the drive isn’t spinning down in Windows, and the processor is an Intel Celery: not capable of the speed-ratcheting “SpeedStep” feature.
I’ve had this thing powered up in XP for over an hour now, with two hours left on the battery. If I had my beloved Linux booted up, I’d have drained it by now. And this is with the apmd daemon supposedly saving processing time.
If any other Linux gurus have tips to teach Linux to sip battery power, please let me know. I’d like not have to depend on XP for my fun.
nah-ha!
XP does have some power saving options…one thing you should check out is under “My Computer”/properties. You’ll probably notice that your processor speed is anywhere from 50% on up of the true speed. Actually, that may be the speed step feature you’re talking about. The one thing you might want to try is putting your power options, in XP, to “always on” power scheme from the drop down and see if it drains your battery at the same speed. This scheme shouldn’t affect/effect the settings below the drop down. Have fun.
ha-ha!