Re: [Mactel-linux-users] what's the point of POWERplay?

2007-04-05 Thread Sven Anders
Soeren Sonnenburg schrieb: > On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 09:15 +1000, Nick Hoffman wrote: >> i've been following most of the threads relating to ATI's POWERplay >> and have talked to a few people in OFTC #mactel-linux. several people >> have said that switching to a lower power state using POWERplay does

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] what's the point of POWERplay?

2007-04-05 Thread Sheer El-Showk
I have to say that I find this to be very strange and I've been hoping (perhaps unrealistically) that when the C2D's to finally support powerplay there will be significant battery life improvement. My MBP C2D runs at about 30+ watts on a 55 watt-hour battery which means around 1.5 hrs of battery l

[Mactel-linux-users] Linux on AppleTV

2007-04-05 Thread gimli
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Re: [Mactel-linux-users] what's the point of POWERplay?

2007-04-05 Thread Kai Weber
* Sheer El-Showk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > same would hold for the GPU. Otherwise I really have no idea what > could be burning so much power in linux. Maybe the processors power management features are not supported under Linux: http://www.intel.com/technology/itj/2006/volume10issue02/art03_Power_a

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] what's the point of POWERplay?

2007-04-05 Thread Sven Anders
Kai Weber schrieb: > * Sheer El-Showk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> same would hold for the GPU. Otherwise I really have no idea what >> could be burning so much power in linux. > > Maybe the processors power management features are not supported under > Linux: > http://www.intel.com/technology/itj/200

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] what's the point of POWERplay?

2007-04-05 Thread Sheer El-Showk
Thanks for the informative links. I'm amazed at how much of the power usage is just in the CPU. So all the performance states (i.e. going to 1000 Hz) still keeps you in C0? It would be interesting to find out how much support Linux has for these C-states. I would guess that it supports them to

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] what's the point of POWERplay?

2007-04-05 Thread Sven Anders
Sheer El-Showk schrieb: > Thanks for the informative links. I'm amazed at how much of the power > usage is just in the CPU. So all the performance states (i.e. going > to 1000 Hz) still keeps you in C0? It would be interesting to find > out how much support Linux has for these C-states. I would

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Apple Year Warranty

2007-04-05 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, thanks for your emails: I get my Macbook back yesterday: they didn't care indeed. Jerome eduard wrote: > I can confirm they didn't care when I took my MBP 15" to an Apple > Authorize Service last Monday. I got it fixed in two days. > > The problem with the fan noise it's been the