cpufreq governor vs. powernowd

[Adam Conrad]

Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
> 
> It acctually would be nicer to have powernowd doing its magic when the
> laptop is on battery (it does increase the battery life quite
> significantly), but make it switch to "performance" governor when a
> notebook is on the power adapter and for desktops.

I'm pretty keen on my laptop not overheating and/or burning a hole in my
lap, even when it's plugged in.  The general power saving on my amd64
desktop when it's not doing much of anything useful is likely saving me
some cash on a ridiculously expensive electricity bill.

Just because a machine's plugged into a wall doesn't mean I want it
operating at "ZOMG, FAST!!" levels all the time.  On-demand is a good
general-purpose policy for all systems, IMO.

... Adam