making Ubuntu easy

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 25 May 2006 16:48, Robert Spanjaard wrote:
> 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.

You'd be amazed how much power CD drives consume - there's some hefty 
current going into the laser, the motor is spinning a mostly 
unbalanced mass (hard work) and the head assembly is continuously 
moving in and out trying to find the right spot on the track. It all 
adds up.

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Alan McKinnon
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