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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 11-03-2008, 08:43 AM   #1
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Battery use on suspen


Suspend to RAM seems to be a really useful feature to me but I'd really like to know if its going to eat my battery life. How much power does suspend really use and is it worth the wait for hibernate?

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Old 11-04-2008, 07:54 PM   #2
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Most decent laptops can last a very long time suspended. I have an old PIII Dell that has been known to be suspended for a week and still have battery to spare, but it has nearly 8000mAh of combined battery capacity.

It is a broad question though, not all laptops have the same capacity batteries, not all use the same amount of power suspended.

The best thing you can do, besides trying it yourself, is to search for what people with a similar model of laptop are getting.
 
  


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