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LessWatts.org launches
LessWatts.org launches
Posted Sep 21, 2007 1:53 UTC (Fri) by jreiser (subscriber, #11027)In reply to: LessWatts.org launches by einstein
Parent article: LessWatts.org launches
LessWattage
On the right track, but... Power [measured in watts] is free. What matters is ENERGY [measured in watt seconds or kilowatt hours], which is the integral of power with respect to time. Shame on Intel for making such a technical blunder.
It is reasonable to use more power, sporadically and briefly, in order to make better decisions which lower the total energy expended.
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LessWatts.org launches
Posted Sep 21, 2007 6:59 UTC (Fri) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link]
In laptop batteries, where ordinary people would come into contact with the units it's generally watt hours or (since the nominal voltage is fixed with a regulator) just amp hours for a specified voltage.
For a while the GNOME power stuff got this all upside down, showing remaining energy in watts, and current power use in watt hours, but this seems to have been fixed eventually.
LessWatts.org launches
Posted Sep 27, 2007 7:22 UTC (Thu) by laulau (subscriber, #4279) [Link]
> What matters is ENERGY
sure, but if a given laptop battery contains a certain amount
of energy, if you can work with less power, then you can work
longer, right?