On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 22:24 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Donnerstag 11 Oktober 2007 schrieb Christian Boltz:
> > IMHO the answer depends on how many energy can be saved. Do you have > > some rough numbers? > On my old laptop about 5% when idle. It depends on the exact configuration. > 5% should be about typical for a laptop with only a keyboard (or mouse) > attached. The main savings come from suspending the controller and > going into deeper C states, so it doesn't matter which type of device is > attached as long as it supports autosuspend. I prefer the energy savings. 5% (I assume as a fraction of maximum power consumption) is noticeable. If your total battery lifetime is 3 hours you will get an additional 9 minutes. I'm also assuming the keyboard LEDs would come back when you start doing something, like typing, and stay on for a while before going away again. On the other hand, I'm not sure how common it is to have a keyboard attached to a laptop running on batteries... -- Hans Petter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
