On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 03:45:17PM +0200, Kaixi Luo wrote: > Hello, > I'm a new Linux user (currently using Debian 5 testing) and I've noticed > that the battery of my laptop used to last much longer with Windows Vista (4 > hours) than with Debian (2.5 hours). How's that possible?I mean, Debian > uses much less RAM (250 MB) than Vista (1 GB).
Speculation: Less memory may mean more disk activity as you need more swapping and have less memory to cache access to the disk. More disk activity probably increases the power consumption (if the disk can't rest). -- Tzafrir Cohen | [email protected] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [email protected] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
