[P1] conserving battery life

[Brian Pearce]

> Well...theoretically, a RAM disk would give you the best battery life, 
> but
> unfortunately you probably don't have 4.7 GB of RAM in your iBook.  You
> could, if they're relatively small, make a 200mb ram disk and copy each
> individual show to them when you want to watch them.  That would 
> probably
> yield the greatest power.

Actually, this is a good point; though if you're using up most of your 
RAM in RAM discs, it may lead to just as much disc access for Virtual 
Memory operations, so it may be six of one, half-dozen of the other.

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net