On Jun 22, 2005, at 3:12 PM, Brian McEwen wrote:
so, on the 1.5GHz G4/ 8X superdrive 12" powerbook, it is better for
power savings to play DVD's once ripped to the HD or to play them
natively?
I'm assuming ripped, but don't know how fast DVD disks actuall spin
etc.
Everything I've ever read(*) would indicate that ripping them would
be better. Spinning the HD is almost always required... spinning the
HD and the DVD drive is a lot of extra overhead, even if you didn't
ever pause the movie once it was started.
TjL
(*) see, for example:
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2005/03/mactheripper/index.php
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