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From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 12/12] PM / r8169: Add simplified run-time PM support
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:53:52 +0100
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Am Montag, 4. Januar 2010 09:31:08 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> > You can't save power, you can only save energy.  Wh is just an energy unit.
> 
> Of course we can save power, you just did :-).
> 
> (And in some cases -- data centers, limited cooling -- you are limited
> by power, not energy. You are right that on notebooks, energy is more
> important.)

If possible less power is better on a laptop, fans are loud and take
energy to run.

	Regards
		Oliver