[CS-FSLUG] fyi, migration the other way, linux=>windows

[Nathan Thompson]

Jon Glass wrote:

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> Oh, one other point I have heard regarding suspend (to RAM), is that
> it uses up batteries. Is that a factor dependent upon quantity of RAM?
> My Pismo (Powerbook with a PowerPC G4 brain transplant) can sleep for
> days and days on a nearly dead battery, while my friends tell me that
> suspend will go through a full battery in a day or so. Is this true?
> Does anyone here know if new Intel Macs also go through batteries when
> sleeping and not hibernating?
>
> And I'll reiterate that perception and trust are what are at stake
> here. If people don't trust hibernate or suspend, they will not use
> them. I don't personally know anybody who trusts them.
>
>
>   
I've found that suspend to RAM on my MacBook does use a surprisingly 
large amount of battery power, although I haven't checked to see if it 
would drain the entire battery within a day while suspended to ram, I 
also wouldn't be surprised.

Nathan T.