[ltp] buying a new Thinkpad

Michael Kamper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:49:56 +0200


Hallo Igor,

> 1W is insane for suspend-to-ram! My ThinkPad T43 draws about 255mWh
> when suspended to RAM (2 memory sticks, 1024 + 512MB).

That sounds amazing, I never got fewer than about 1W on my Thinkpad
X31. (except for windows...) Do you have ati-graphics? 
Anybody else achieved so few power consumption on his X31 in
suspend-to-ram? 255mW would make suspend-to-disk really obsolete.

regards
Michael