RE: Microsoft as regulator [Was Re: Government utility style regu lation]

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 7/21/98 11:09 PM ---

>I doubt that it matters whether the CPU is doing anything useful or not.
>NT is not exactly known for its power saving features (hence the hysterical
>laughter you get from knowledgeable people if you suggest using NT on a
>laptop), so the CPU probably would have been going full-tilt even with the
>screensaver off.

Nor is the PII the least bit energy efficient. Running NT on a PII system 
is like sticking a desk lamp in a shoebox.

   Mitch Stone
   Editor, Boycott Microsoft
   http://www.vcnet.com/bms 
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