On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 02:39:05PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Sven wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 09:36:05AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Sven wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:08:00AM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > > > > > Battery tech is getting pretty good. My friend got a 1GHz PIII > > > > > laptop with 512MB RAM, and he says the battery lasts 3-4 hours IIRC. > > > > > I asked him how toasty it got, and he said it wasn't very nice holding > > > > > it in his lap... > > > > > > > > Sure, but was the processor actively working ? and what kind of battery > > > > does it have. I guess > > > > it was magnitudes higher that the one in the ibook, which only has a 42 > > > > Watt/hour battery > > > > (which makes it use ~ 8Watts/hour, there is noway you can achieve that > > > > on a i386 box.) > > > > > > > > Anyway, you can't forget that the G3 eats less that 5W of power, while > > > > the 1Gz PIII > > > > want around 15-20Watts, i think, that is when it is not being > > > > downstepped to run ~300MHz > > > > or such. And the duron case is worse, since it wants around 25-30Watts. > > > > > > My Sony VAIO Z600TEK has a 550/700 MHz Mobile Pentium III. > > > > > > With the standard (small) battery (20720 mWh), it lasts about 1.5 hour. > > > With the optional large battery (62160 mWh), it lasts about 4.5 hour. > > > Both at 550 MHz. > > > > Sure, but i guess you would halve that time with a 1GHz version, isn't it. > > Depends. If it's mostly idle, you won't notice that must difference between > 550 > and 700 MHz.
Let's say, you are building X over and over again, for example, ... Friendly, Sven Luther
