On Wednesday 20 February 2008, b.n. wrote: > Etaoin Shrdlu ha scritto: > > On Tuesday 19 February 2008, b.n. wrote: > >>> 5. Sometimes a BIOS update helps... > >> > >> Well, if it's a BIOS issue, OS X works around it? > > > > I'd not be surprised if it did. Windows drivers work around buggy > > BIOSes all the time. > > Right. So, how can I know it? When I googled to maximize my MBP > battery performance, I found nothing about BIOS/EFI (More precisely, > the MBP has not a BIOS, but an EFI, whatever the difference is). Is > there some kind of diagnostic for this kind of things?
Never tried myself, but I guess a good starting point could be using tools like powertop (in portage), to see what programs/modules use more power. Also, their web pages (http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop) look good, with many tips, information and explanations. Hope this helps. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
