[ltp] Maximum Battery Capacity of an T60 under Linux

[Tino Keitel]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 18:18:37 +0200, Laurent Gilson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> >Because you talked about battery life and heat on a T60 under Linux: How
> >long should the Battery last or how hot will an T60 get, if you follow
> >all those instructions and compare it to Windows?
> >
> >I'm not a owner of a Thinkpad jet, but want to know this before i
> >eventually buy one. (Preferred T60 would have ATI x1400 and Ubuntu
> >Dapper on it)
> 
> I donīt have a T60, only a R51. Used for surfing and light office windows  
> (with NHC for reduced CPU-voltage) getīs about 2:45 runtime and a little  
> fan use. Under Linux itīs 3:30 and no fan (heavily patched kernel).
> 
> Once the problems around the new CoreDuo are resolved (and documented in  
> the thinkwiki) the runtimes will be equal for normal windows and linux  
> setups. If you go the extra step and optimise the hell out of linux ...

What problems?

I can use powernowd on a core Duo and it will slow down from 1,6 GHz to
1 GHz when idle.

Regards,
Tino