[ltp] X61s power consumption

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 28 May 2008 22:42:23 +0200


On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:14:36 -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 05:34:01PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > 
> > what power consumption can I expect from a X61s, 1,6 GHz (L7500) and 2
> > GB RAM in a minimal environment (no USB driver loaded, WLAN disabled,
> > lowest display brightness, hard disk spun down etc.)?
> 
> 8-9 Watts.  See:
> 
> http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2007/10/29/tip-o-the-hat-wag-o-the-finger-linux-power-savings-for-laptop-users/

Thanks, sounds promising, together with the 8 cell battery. Or at least
not worse than my T23, which can go below 10 Watts.

Regards,
Tino