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Ruairi Newman writes:
> On Wednesday 29 Jun 2005 15:39, Proinnsias Breathnach wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 03:31:27PM +0100, Nils Olofsson wrote:
>> > > what else would the cpu be doing other wise :)
> > > idleing ?
> >
> > Um, strangely, yes - you know, saving massive amounts of paid-for
> > electricity. Being environmentally responsible etc !
>> Oh for f***s sake. This is going beyond ridiculous.
Agreed. In fairness, most desktop CPUs will still consume the same amount
of electricity while idle, unless you're using a low-power (e.g.
Pentium-M) chipset.
- --j.
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