On Saturday 01 January 2005 01:51, Mark M wrote: > 3. Battery life: I am hoping to use the laptop for 2 things: 1. video > editing/dvd burning from camera with firewire. 2. Using on longdistance > flights (but not video editing). I guess for video/burning dvd's I want > a fast processor eg the pentium M 3GHz. But for extended battery life I > want a slower low power processor. If I should choose a model from Dell, it'd be one of the Inspiron 8xxx-series. I know two personally, who've installed and use Debian on their Inspiron 8600's. The Inspiron 8600's have a hefty processor, long battery life, a IEEE1394-port and possibility of extending the battery life further (using a mediabay-style battery). And they can be bought for money, too. I also know that they have relatively long battery life out of the box, and without ever speedstepping, one of my friends achieved 2hrs life on a year-old battery. I have no experience with other brands then Dell, though.
According to http://intel.com/products/notebook/processors/pentiumm/index.htm there's no such thing as a Pentium M at 3 GHz. Where have you heard of it? > So my question is: can I improve battery life on say a 3GHz pentium M > by slowing down the clockspeed in BIOS to say 1GHz or 500MHz? By the way: Speedstepping is done on-the-fly from userspace these days. > Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
