On Friday 31 December 2004 20:51, Mark M wrote: > > 1. What gotachas are there? eg. I have found out about a partition you > should keep intact for hibernation mode. Is this OS independant? Or > only for MSwindows? Is there anything else I really need to know (of > course I will be installing debian on it).
Yes, it's only for Windows, but it's also machine dependent. Some machines don't use them. > > 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. No, you want a powerbook. PPCs _look_ slower if you only look at the clock frequency, but they run much cooler and, generally, faster than intels. > > 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? Yes. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
