Power Manager uses inproper terms

[Eduardo Bastos]

James,

You are receiving the power from an AC outlet. So, for me it's ok to have
the label 'AC power' in the Power Manager. I think change the name to
Internal/External Power only will get things confusing for users.

Regards,

Eduardo Basos

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:58 PM, James T Snell <james at dawning.ca> wrote:

> When I plug my laptop in to its power adapter, the Power Manager says the
> computer is on AC power. This is a misnomer at least in my case because the
> computer only sees a DC power source. The big box that power laptop power
> cords have contains an AC to DC adapter. The same process occurs inside the
> power supply of a desktop and thus the actual computer never sees anything
> but DC power.
>
> 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 appreciate that this is quite a cosmetic request, however I think it
> could help remove a misleading concept that could lead to people
> misunderstanding what they're doing.
>
> I already submitted this as a bug, but I was told to instead comment on
> this here.
>
> Anyway, have fun, keep up the great work & cheers!
>
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