Energy Save Settings in X

[Jack Rodgers]

On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 08:55  AM, david wrote:

>  OS X isn't optimized for notebooks
> yet. It is more than a little disingenuous for Apple to be shipping OS 
> X as
> the default OS and claiming battery life for OS 9.

In Jaguar you will find options for X similar to those in OS 9 for 
settings for putting the computer to sleep and using a separate time to 
put the display to sleep. You have the option of putting the hard drive 
to sleep when possible. There is the option for highest or reduced 
processor performance.

You can also select from a popup menu the options for various types of 
performance from highest to DVD.

These settings are in the Energy Saver Preference in the System 
Preferences.

I do not know if every Powerbook and iBook, upgraded or not, sees the 
same preferences but these are available on my G4 tiBook.

I do not know if these work as good as the options in OS 9 as far as 
extending battery life. However if you are using OS X and haven't 
checked, don't wait any longer. Do it now.

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