making Ubuntu easy

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Thu, 25 May 2006 21:20:46 +0800, Robert McWilliam wrote:

>> Currently, the Live-CD burns up my battery about twice as fast as XP.
> 
> Thats to be expected since it is running the CD drive almost
> continuously and that sucks up a lot of power

So it's normal for the CD to use as much power as the rest of the system
combined? I don't think so. A shorter lifespan can be expected, but not
_this_ short.

> - It should eb much better
> running from a hard drive.

Which is why I'm waiting for the (stable) install before complaining.

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