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From: Timo Boettcher <spida@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;)
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:42:05
Message-Id: 20070603103638.GA8187@spinnennetz.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;) by Jeff Horelick
1 * Jeff Horelick <jdhore1@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > [Linux is] writing to the hard
3 > drive more often and it doesn't spin as much down when it's not in use to
4 > help performance.
5 There is the "Laptop-Mode" for that.
6 > Also, if i was you, i'd be worried about your system using
7 > that LITTLE energy especially since you have a pretty hefty CPU, video card,
8 > motherboard, 2 hardrives and al the rest of your components.
9 Just for comparison,
10 http://blog.spida.net/index.php?/archives/3-Powerusage.html has some
11 measurements of a low-power system.
12
13 Timo
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