[CoLoCo] [probably off topic] Linux beats mac - again

[David Overcash]

I'd agree with that... except that I've optimized my laptop for battery life
by using powertop (See: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ ) and I
usually run only abiword and maybe one firefox window (with only one tab).
The same would get almost twice the battery life on OS X.

I'm not totally surprised though; Apple puts a lot of effort into optimizing
their kernel to have extended sleep cycles and clock down more often than
not.  I just wish it was easier for Ubuntu users to get an optimized kernel
for their CPU (Not all x86 CPUs are the same... a Core2Duo is a hell of a
lot different from a Centrino Duo, and even more different from a Centrino
or P4...  let alone AMD CPUs).

I'm done ranting though.  :)

-David

On Jan 31, 2008 8:10 PM, John Edwards <eric.the.grey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I tend to get better battery life on my laptop (Compaq Presario) using
> Ubuntu over Windows XP. It is more than likely just what application(s)
> we're using...
>
>
> John Edwards
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2008 7:57 PM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I got 8 hours on mine with leopard...  Ubuntu definitely sucks when it
> > comes to battery life.  I get 4 hours tops with Ubuntu... and that's
> > probably a bit of a stretch.
> >
> > Why oh why can't Linux get good battery life?
> >
> > -David
> >
> >
> > On Jan 31, 2008 12:52 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Jan 31, 2008 12:44 PM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Me?  Mac fanboy?
> > > >
> > > > I already blew away Leopard off my macbook.  I'm just gutsy and a
> > > wee bit of
> > > > windows for a math program I need for a class (minitab).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Really? I would have kept leopard to play around from time to time. I
> > > think it has it's good points. They are just hard to find. Battery
> > > life is one for sure. I heard some people were getting 8 or something
> > > hours out them - I think it was the people doing that amazing race or
> > > whatever it was.
> > >
> > > -jim
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