making Ubuntu easy

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Thu, 25 May 2006 19:44:28 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

>> > 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,

I'd like to see your drive then. The usual DVD-beam usage is around 0.5 W
(according to Sony, Apple has even lower values), with less than 50 mW
output through the final lens. And that's for _writing_, reading is much
lower than that.

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