Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: >>Look at mine (T40). You will see 20W with my 1400x1050 panel at full >>brightness under KDE, the CPU at 1.6MHz, 1 GB RAM, hear the fan humming. >> > > > Are you using DynamicCloks with X ? > No I dont. BTW, when on battery the consumption is around 14W probably due to the LCD brightness attenuation. Bob PS I am using Debian's X not X.org.