Power Manager uses inproper terms

[Nils Kassube]

Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:58:54 -0600
> James T Snell <james at dawning.ca> wrote:
> > I'd suggest renaming the terms in the Power Manager to read
> > "External Power" and "Internal Power" - I think this is about as
> > precise as we can be without actually being incorrect in some
> > occasions.
>
> I would think the term "AC Power" should mean you are physically
> attached to something that produces AC power. DC power would mean you
> are not attached to anything to use the computer. You can not, for
> example, plug that AC adapter plug into a DC power generator, and
> expect it to work. It would probably damage it.


Well, you might use a car adapter for the computer to get power from the 
car battery which is DC, not AC. So I think the term external power is 
better than AC power.


Nils