[P1] conserving battery life

[Brandon M. Bost]

On 11/26/03 1:06 PM, "Brian Pearce" <bpearce at cloud9.net> wrote:

>> 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.

This was assuming that the person whom originally asked the question had
maxed out RAM.  Otherwise, this might not work as planned.  But I think
Brian is right about the HD being the better battery saver than DVD.