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   From: Moog    
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   Subject: Re: An Ultimate Vista Problem   
   Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:02:04 GMT   
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   Chris Cox illuminated the devil's arse on 03/02/2007 by typing:   
   > Moog wrote:   
   >> Chris Cox illuminated the devil's arse on 02/02/2007 by typing:   
   >>> I do drive a hybrid though... probably doesn't even things   
   >>> out.   
   >>    
   >> Toyota/Lexus?   
   >   
   > Honda   
      
   Aaah. Civic? Nice. Still only slightly better MPG's than a decent    
   diesel engine, although I believe the emissions are quite a bit better    
   than the Toyota version.   
      
      
      
   > Hmmm... given they weren't doing anything at all before, I think   
   > it's progress.  And Linux is certainly progress.. though I'm certain   
   > my Linux systems consume as much power as Vista (I do a bit of gaming).   
      
   There was a hybrid car built in the early 1900's. The technology is not    
   as new as people believe. Karl Diesel designed his engine to run off    
   any form of oil. However, it has been refined to a point where it will    
   only run on heavily processed stuff now. A rethink is definitely    
   needed.   
      
   Linux doesn't tax my system as much as windows does. That's a fact.    
   However, I think you'd need to run a specially compiled low power    
   distro to completely benefit. Something like DSL, for instance. Or    
   Linutop? Although that would probably kill the games playing side.   
      
   >> And back to the point.....   
   >> I cannot believe Microsoft haven't incorporated some form of software   
   >> driven power usage reduction though. It's just crazy.   
   >>    
   >   
   >  :) Well.. let's see what happens with Xorg 7.3 (fixes some problems, but   
   > may create some of the issues mentioned here).  Also, remember some   
   > will opt to run a composite window manager... might not be a huge   
   > difference vs Vista.   
      
   Perhaps. However, tinkering with Sun's Looking Glass increases power    
   output dramatically. Eye candy doesn't usually come cheaply.   
      
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