From: Benjamin Koh (benkoh_at_stanford.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 02:13:34 EST
Long ago there was a thread about this. NT, OS/2 (I think) and Linux
call the HALT instruction when the system is idle, which tells the CPU
to turn off some parts of itself and save power. For win95, some people
wrote utilities call CPUidle and Rain, which do the same thing. Besides
saving power, it also reduces heat production. So you avoid frying your
nether regions, and get better battery life. This only works if you're
actually doing nothing or something wimpy, like word processing or
email. If you are playing MP3s in the background the CPU is occupied
full time and never shuts down.
Benjamin
"sehh of H.I.C. & D.B.S." wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:26:37 -0600, Blaine Hufnagle wrote:
>
> >One thing I did notice about NT4 over Win98SE is that battery life and
> >system performance are both better, although it's a little early yet to
> >give any reliable numbers. One BIG, and welcome! difference, is that NT4
> >runs CONSIDERABLY cooler than W98 did. No more second degree burns on my
> >legs! :-)
>
> I remember something about Win95 not using 'idle' calls to the processor, which
> made it a bad choise over Linux/OS2 on laptops. Maybe Win98 had the same
> problem but was fixed on NT.
>
> þ H.I.C. & D.B.S. þ OS/2 Warp þ Hellas þ
> þ ServerConfig þ ConfigEdit þ OS/2 UK UG þ
>
> -[ playing "Holst-ThePlanets-HerbertVonKarajan-BGN-Andante.mp3" (1:42/2:25)
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