__/ [ Peter Hayes ] on Monday 04 September 2006 13:36 \__
> On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 16:47:13 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote
> (in article <2232171.TYtzRv4hdo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
>> __/ [ Bobbie ] on Saturday 02 September 2006 15:50 \__
>>
>>> On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:48:18 +0000, Dangling Gubbo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Use Windows, be impotent (the laptop heating issue). However, I think
>>>>> therein lies a perfect explanation. Windows users have already made an
>>>>> incompetent choice, thus they are not potent. What harm would some
>>>>> boiling laptop do?
>>>>>
>>>> Yet, for what its worth, my Toshiba Laptop runs considerably hotter
>>>> using Linux. Windows makes some attempt at throttling the CPU and
>>>> disabling
>>>> (through ACPI) hardware that isn't in use.
>>>>
>>>> Linux just says "I don't know how to do that".
>>>
>>> Hang on a second there. Who says "I don't know how to do that"?
>>
>> When the OEM works hand-in-glove with Windows, fitting the O/S to the
>> underlying design, then it's easy.
>
> Yes, that's Apple's strength.
True. Strength for Apple, but not necessarily for the customer who, in the
long run, might benefit from choice and competition, which drives down price
(to reach a level of sanity). Think, for instance, about car mechanics,
specialised components, and abuse that is possible due to lack of
generality.
>> Linux has the capability to reduce
>> consumption of power when the system is idle. And if you can't set it up,
>> it would be wise to seek a laptop with Linux preloaded. Yes, they exist.
>> Hibernation and standby as standard, too.
>
> GKrellM on my Dell 8200 laptop controls the fans far better than Dell's
> software.
>
> They come on slowly at first but if the CPU is working hard they switch to
> maximum.
>
> On Windows the fans are either on flat out sounding like a wind tunnel, or
> off.
If you run Linux, then by definition, the computer will be more more idle and
drain less energy than with Windows XP (it's not MS bashing, it's a fact).
Surely, hardware needs correspondence with the software.
Best wishes,
Roy
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