On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 4:03 pm -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >On Thursday, November 25, 2004, at 10:16 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> Anybody knows of any tool for OS X that will report the current >> processor >> speed? I'd be curious to see, when running on battery, if the processor >> speed in my PowerBook is reduced and, if so, by how much. >> > >Yes there is, a command line program, built into the OS that allegedly >reports it, and I can't for the life of me remember it now. However, >AFAIK, neither the G4 or G3 do processor stepping down on battery >power, the way Intel CPU's do.
Could it be sysctl? sysctl hw.cpufrequency (you have to divide the answer by 1 million) gives you proc speed, but I don't know whether it's actually measuring or just reporting the state of a variable. TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
