[ltp] X200 Battery Life

[John Li]

[edited original message to be in-line]

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:36:47PM +1030, Andrew Mason wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 3:14 AM, John Li <jli@circularly.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:49:02PM +1030, Andrew Mason wrote:
> >> 6W! I can't get anywhere close to that. Do you have an X200s ? Mine is
> >> just an X200 and I am around 10 most of the time. Just going to try
> >> the pcie thing now in the kernel but ...yeh..wow!
> >
> > Just to add another data point, I've found pretty similar numbers -
> > ~5W at the very lowest on Vista, usually ~6W with lots of
> > power-saving, but closer to ~8-9W on Linux.
>
> Can you please detail what you have done to get that figure. I can't
> get anywhere close to 6watts. I have made lots of changes to the
> kernel, gone through lesswatts.org and still can't get below an
> average of 9 unless I turn the wireless off, in which case i can get
> around 8.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant I get ~5-6W on Vista, and ~8-9W on
Linux - the same as you.


jli