[DC LoCo] Question about 64-bit Ubuntu and battery life.

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nicco Eneidi asks:
>
>> Have you played around much with 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04?
>>
>> I just got a new Thinkpad T400 off ebay unopened/unused
>> and I am playing with Ubuntu 64-bit currently but I feel like
>> it drains the battery more quickly... but I want to keep using
>> it since I have 4 GB RAM and I also plan on running many
>> virtual machines and I think they generally run better under
>> 64-bit but I'm not quite sure.

I notice higher memory usage but not higher battery usage.

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Mackenzie Morgan
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