From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HunXA-0000LV-Vi for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:42:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l53Aelph024057; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 10:40:47 GMT Received: from spinnennetz.org (spinnennetz.org [213.164.155.67]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l53Aae3w019405 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 10:36:40 GMT Received: from p54bba482.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([84.187.164.130] helo=notebook.spida.spinnennetz.org) by spinnennetz.org with esmtpsa Exim 4.67 id 1HunRv-00035r-Gu for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:36:39 +0200 Received: from timo by notebook.spida.spinnennetz.org with local Exim 4.67 id 1HunRu-000582-Gq for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:36:38 +0200 Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:36:38 +0200 From: Timo Boettcher To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;) Message-ID: <20070603103638.GA8187@spinnennetz.org> References: <200706021955.27607.f.philipp@addcom.de> <6c0a36ae0706021103p4ae06876y1c17787f8c1ab3f0@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6c0a36ae0706021103p4ae06876y1c17787f8c1ab3f0@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 55c0b69e-1516-42ac-a486-8f200ce17605 X-Archives-Hash: e760815a7a1811233c7efbbb960cecfc * Jeff Horelick wrote: > [Linux is] writing to the hard > drive more often and it doesn't spin as much down when it's not in use to > help performance. There is the "Laptop-Mode" for that. > Also, if i was you, i'd be worried about your system using > that LITTLE energy especially since you have a pretty hefty CPU, video card, > motherboard, 2 hardrives and al the rest of your components. Just for comparison, http://blog.spida.net/index.php?/archives/3-Powerusage.html has some measurements of a low-power system. Timo -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list