[ltp] X200 Battery Life

[Cherife Li]

On 2008-10-28 6:15, John Li wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:35:32AM +0800, Cherife Li wrote:
>> Hey, have you tried cpufreqd?
> 
> I don't think there's a point to using cpufreqd with the latest Intel
> processors. The ondemand governor is supposedly the best configuration
> for processor power saving.
OK. But I need it because I found the frequency is always the lowest 
with AC connected, even compiling pkgs. The governor was set to ondemand.
So cpufreqd is a choice for me. Of course, there may be some points I'm 
missing.
> 
> See: http://www.lesswatts.org/tips/cpu.php
Thanks for share.
> 
> 
>> BTW: I don't believe what Lenovo said. Maybe 3h's record was taken from the lab.
> 
> Actually, at least for the 9 cell, Lenovo's data sheet said 9.4 hours
> for Vista, I believe, while I can get up to ~14-15 (wifi off, lowest
> brightness, reading PDFs). Even with Linux, I can get up to ~10 hours.
So, you are in the lab, with a big PDA. LOL
-- 
Rgds,
Cherife.