Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Celeron doesn't reach proper BogoMIPS | Date | 27 Aug 1999 17:17:35 GMT |
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Followup to: <99082711585001.01174@acheron.plexmedia.net> By author: "B.W. McAdams" <brendan@plexmedia.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Aren't laptops notorious for significant performance decreasements when on > battery power? > Could that be the explanation? >
Yes, a fair number of them throttle the CPU significantly; smaller notebooks are often forced to do so for thermal reasons, too.
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