On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 10:43 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 09:10 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: > > > >>Maybe new desktop systems - but what about the tens of millions of old > >>systems that don't. > >> > > > > > > Does anyone really give a shit about saving power on the desktop anyway? > > This is basically a laptop issue. > > > Power consumption matters to server, desktop, and laptop. > > Assuming this is a laptop issue is wildly incorrect.
I would think you'd get the best power/performance ration from a desktop by just having it suspend after 5 or 10 minutes of idle time. Oh well, I'll shut up, I've already demonstrated a complete ignorance of new hardware. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/