[Gllug] Slow Processor

[Dylan]

On Thursday 17 July 2008, Andrew Farnsworth wrote:
> Richard Jones wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:07:14PM +0100, Jose Luis Martinez wrote:
> >> Gosh, that went OTTOMH ..... given I am a Linux neophyte can somebody,
> >> *gently*, explain?
> >
> > When the processor is idle, it sleeps at a lower clock frequency.
> >
> > Rich.
>
> And this is a good thing.  Saves power and keeps things cool...
>
> <old_man_hat state="on">Remember the days when a 200 Mhz (thats 0.2 Ghz
> to you whipper snappers) CPU was FAST!</old_man_hat state="off">

I once told a friend he was silly to splash out all that dosh on a 120MB hard 
drive - he'd never use it all! (back in the DOS days that was, and he still 
ribs me about it!)

Dylan

>
> Andy



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