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Re: [News] How Do Different Operating Systems Treat the CPU?

__/ [ John Bailo ] on Friday 07 July 2006 02:22 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Uptimes project
>> 
>> http://uptimes-project.org/hosts/os_breakdown
>> 
>> One among several interesting statistics:
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Operating System      Average CPU Load
> 
>> | Linux                 2%
> 
>> | Windows               35%
> 
> And yet Windiots claim that Linux cannot possibly run longer on a laptop?!
> 
> Assuming that the CPU is the largest user of power, that would be 16
> times longer -- or accountable for the 8 hours of usage (vs 2 hours for
> XP) often reported.

XP stands for X pee. It pees out your battery juice every X seconds. My PDA,
by the way, can go on for half a day on a fresh battery. WinCE devices are
nowhere on par.

Lower your electricity bill. Choose GNU/Linux.

Best wishes,

Roy

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