From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 17:50:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 540E216A419 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:50:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from email@phillipgonzalez.com) Received: from mail.ppgnetworksolutions.com (static-206-126-220-70.nconnect.net [206.126.220.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 129F613C465 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:50:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from email@phillipgonzalez.com) Received: from localhost (mail.ppgnetworksolutions.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ppgnetworksolutions.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 740CD3CE8A9; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:49:25 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Score: -4.186 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.186 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.213, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from mail.ppgnetworksolutions.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.ppgnetworksolutions.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1nlnnVExh2p6; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:49:19 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.0.195] (firewall1.localdomain [192.168.0.1]) by mail.ppgnetworksolutions.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B3A3CE883; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:49:19 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <474E80CD.3020803@varusonline.com> References: <474E80CD.3020803@varusonline.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4A8AB67E-B589-4768-A77B-72FAC77F3554@phillipgonzalez.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Phillip Gonzalez Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:50:31 -0600 To: Jessica Mahoney X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Laptop] Battery Time X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:50:43 -0000 That's what I'm talkin bout :-) -phil On Nov 29, 2007, at 3:05 AM, Jessica Mahoney wrote: > Thinking about this for a while, I decided to post it. May not be > much, but it is something. > > In July 2007 I acquired a brand new Compaq Presario V6000Z laptop. > It came with the "High Capacity 6-Cell Battery" (6,000 mAh > battery), an AMD Turion 64 X2 @ 1.8GHz, and I also got the "Imprint > Finish" so I could get the FireWire and additional USB ports. For > what it is, $1,000 wasn't that bad. > > It came with Windows Vista Home Basic. This system took about two > minutes to boot, and sucked the battery dry in 90 minutes, even > with all power-saving settings enabled (eeps!). > > Then I installed Linux on it. Linux had some serious stability > issues, and even with everything I did, it was never all that > stable, but it booted in about a minute. Linux did do better with > battery time, clocking 2 hours. True, that's not much better, but > still. > > Well, I've been using FreeBSD for my servers, and I have had a few > FreeBSD desktops off and on over the years, so I decided to give it > a shot. After installing FreeBSD and configuring the kernel/world, > and then installing some ports, I noticed something wildly > different, so different, that its freaking amazing. FreeBSD boots > in a mere fifteen seconds (kernel: 11s; services: 2s; gdm+Xorg: > instant; gnome-desktop: 2s). FreeBSD is just as amazing with > battery time, as I can now get not just two, but four hours of > battery time. Plus, its just as rock-solid-will-keep-running-until- > the-sun-blows-up stable as I remember from every other machine I've > used as a FreeBSD desktop. > > Quick recap: > Windows Vista: 2 minute boot, 90 minutes of battery > Linux: one minute boot, 120 minutes of battery > FreeBSD: 15 second boot, 240 minutes of battery > > FreeBSD is pure awesomeness, made of awesome and win, featuring > Power, Performance, Stability, and Reliability. I have also > learned (from my laptop) that FreeBSD is also a Green OS, as it > causes the hardware to use less power than other systems. > > > ~Jessica > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"