Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...

[Eric Anderson]

On 05/14/07 12:19, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk at googlemail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:48:09 +0100
>> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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>> On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 10:18 -0500, Eric Anderson wrote:
>>> On 05/14/07 10:07, Tom Evans wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 11:17 +0300, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote:
>>>>> That's alright, but I don't think we are going to look for single core
>>>>> cpu anymore these days, maybe just for tabletpc to save power?
>>>>>
>>>> =20
>>>> If your primary concern is as a road warrior, then battery life might
>>>> appeal to you more than a 40% reduction in 'make buildworld'.
>>>> =20
>>>> Personally I love my dual core lappy, but I use battery power about 10%
>>>> of the time, and always under 1 hour.
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> Note that a Core 2 Duo processor may use noticeably less power than a=20
>>> single core <something else>.
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>>> Eric
>>> =20
>> I find it still uses more juice with both cores enabled than just one -
>> in which case, surely a Core Solo might be a better bet. I'm not sure on
>> availability of Core 2 Duo ULV processors in off-the-shelf laptops.
> 
> For the record, Pentium4 based systems use a LOT more power than either
> Pentium-M (aka Centrino). I have not carefully evaluated the power
> consumption of Core Duo systems, but they are higher then similar
> Pentium-M systems. P4 systems also run much hotter than P-M or Core Duo
> systems.

Note that I said 'Core 2' not 'Core'.

Eric