From: Rod (lavo_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Sep 23 2004 - 22:23:50 PDT
On 24/9/04 1:03 PM, "Laurent Daudelin" <laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net> wrote:
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> And what was the older Mac OS doing? Spinning down the hard disk? Turning
> off the display? I think they're doing very similar things. One thing for
> sure, processes are all halted when the Mac goes to sleep in OS X. Also, OS
> X being based on Unix, I'm not sure that they can spin down the hard disk
> and expect it to be off because the OS with virtual memory and such could
> need the hard disk at any time. So, for all these reasons, I think that OS X
> pretty much turn off everything, including the processor, hard disk, etc,
> pretty much like the old Mac OS was doing. However, as I pointed out and as
> somebody also pointed out, when AppleTalk is turned on on the old Mac OS, it
> will take several seconds before you can start using the Mac, while on OS X,
> it is instantaneous.
>
> -Laurent.
So what sucks all the battery power in X that is different from 9?
Seeya
Rod!
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