From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Fri Sep 24 2004 - 06:36:41 PDT
on 24/09/04 01:23, Rod at lavo_at_mac.com wrote:
> On 24/9/04 1:03 PM, "Laurent Daudelin" <laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>
>> 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?
I don't really know. That was probably with an older, initial version
because I don't have any problem sleeping my PowerBook for hours now.
-Laurent.
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