Re: Laptop recomendation?
On Friday 31 December 2004 20:51, Mark M wrote:
>
> 1. What gotachas are there? eg. I have found out about a partition you
> should keep intact for hibernation mode. Is this OS independant? Or
> only for MSwindows? Is there anything else I really need to know (of
> course I will be installing debian on it).
Yes, it's only for Windows, but it's also machine dependent. Some machines
don't use them.
>
> 3. Battery life: I am hoping to use the laptop for 2 things: 1. video
> editing/dvd burning from camera with firewire. 2. Using on longdistance
> flights (but not video editing). I guess for video/burning dvd's I want
> a fast processor eg the pentium M 3GHz. But for extended battery life I
> want a slower low power processor.
No, you want a powerbook. PPCs _look_ slower if you only look at the clock
frequency, but they run much cooler and, generally, faster than intels.
>
> So my question is: can I improve battery life on say a 3GHz pentium M
> by slowing down the clockspeed in BIOS to say 1GHz or 500MHz?
Yes.
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derek
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