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    SubjectRe: Power consumption HZ100, HZ250, HZ1000: new numbers
    On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 12:18:18PM -0400, James Bruce wrote:
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    > The tradeoff is a realistic 4.4% power savings vs a 300% increase in the
    > minimum sleep period. A user will see zero power savings if they have a
    > USB mouse (probably 99% of desktops). On top of that, we can throw in
    > Con's disturbing AV benchmark results (1). As a result, some of us
    > don't think 250HZ is a great tradeoff to make _for_the_default_value_.

    Most laptops (including mine, a Thinkpad T40) use a PS/2 mouse. So in
    the places where power consumption savins matters most, it's usually
    quite possible to function without needing any USB devices. The 90%
    figure isn't at all right; in fact, it may be that over 90% of the
    laptops still use PS/2 mice and keyboards.

    - Ted
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