Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:18:23 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: Charles Trevor <ct.lists@qgsltd.co.uk>, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... Message-ID: <46487DBF.4080006@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1179155270.1791.18.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> References: <001601c793a5$106c5310$6601a8c0@KGISH> <20070511175144.F69508@volatile.chemikals.org> <200705111520.17774.fcash@ocis.net> <46481352.7010602@qgsltd.co.uk> <499c70c0705140059h48181510n89737ff302814df6@mail.gmail.com> <46481AB7.4040401@qgsltd.co.uk> <499c70c0705140117t429103afl8b97e6bd8f9d4794@mail.gmail.com> <1179155270.1791.18.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk>
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On 05/14/07 10:07, Tom Evans wrote: > On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 11:17 +0300, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: >> That's alright, but I don't think we are going to look for single core >> cpu anymore these days, maybe just for tabletpc to save power? >> > > If your primary concern is as a road warrior, then battery life might > appeal to you more than a 40% reduction in 'make buildworld'. > > Personally I love my dual core lappy, but I use battery power about 10% > of the time, and always under 1 hour. Note that a Core 2 Duo processor may use noticeably less power than a single core <something else>. Eric
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