Suggestions on notebook

[jbk at mail2.gis.net (jbk)]

James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> Bill Ricker wrote:
> 
>>>would prefer longer battery life in exchange for high speed graphics.
>>
>>Well, Battery Life and Cutting Edge are definitely a tradeoff.
> 
> 
> Speaking of battery life: I have a Dell X300 on which I can slow the
> clock speed by a factor of 2.  I would really like to be able to slow
> it by a factor of 10, or even 100.  A text editor in a virtual console
> should still be able to keep up with my typing.  Do any current
> machines allow for really low clock speeds?  Or for running with the
> display light off?
> 
>           - Jim Van Zandt
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My observations, perusing the laptop boards is that reduced 
cpu speed support is dependant on the manufacturers bios. My 
  thinkpad supports full and 2/3s. It would be nice if it 
was possible to dial in the speed you could tolerate.

Jim