Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:48:09 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> 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: <1179161289.1791.29.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <46487DBF.4080006@freebsd.org> 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> <46487DBF.4080006@freebsd.org>
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--=-jdMU/vAkVlVQBOC0m45e Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 10:18 -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > 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? > >> > >=20 > > If your primary concern is as a road warrior, then battery life might > > appeal to you more than a 40% reduction in 'make buildworld'. > >=20 > > Personally I love my dual core lappy, but I use battery power about 10% > > of the time, and always under 1 hour. >=20 >=20 > Note that a Core 2 Duo processor may use noticeably less power than a=20 > single core <something else>. >=20 >=20 > Eric >=20 I find it still uses more juice with both cores enabled than just one - in which case, surely a Core Solo might be a better bet. I'm not sure on availability of Core 2 Duo ULV processors in off-the-shelf laptops. --=-jdMU/vAkVlVQBOC0m45e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGSJLDlcRvFfyds/cRAgL1AKC0qJwIRrAGDLuzOt2WCCprPLI28QCfTepI vGRR3SqvwYaInJv53yUsgfE= =KBCF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-jdMU/vAkVlVQBOC0m45e--
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