TribesMan Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 OK... I was fooling around with this option wich can be found under System Preferneces/Energy Saver/Options I tried all three options: Automatic/Highest/Reduced and I also benchmarked all three settings with Xbench And results on IBM T42 are: Automatic: 41.22 Highest: 46.15 Reduced: 35.43 I also noticed that my battery life is much better with Automatic setting: 3h10m (with Highest, battery dies after 2h), I haven't tested battery life using Reduced performance. Laptop is also much cooler when running on Automatic setting. It is also worth mentioning that this option showed up after I installed OS X from patched DVD... when I was using DD'ed image from VM Ware this option wasn't available. Laptop users try this out... it might solve high battery consumption on your laptops... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3187-processor-performance-option-and-battery-life-on-laptops/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksont123 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Thanks; will try it out later. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3187-processor-performance-option-and-battery-life-on-laptops/#findComment-285815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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