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To: Petz who wrote (44232)6/13/2001 7:32:03 PM
From: andreas_wonischRespond to of 275872
 
Petz, Re: Ibelieve that the chipset does not fully support PowerNow, and that there is no battery saver mode or automatic mode. It always runs at 800 MHz.

Yes, that's the most likely reason for the missing PowerNow! support. Sony must be really dumb to disable this feature. I thought long lasting laptop batteries were a big selling argument for them? Why else should they offer Transmeta notebooks?

Andreas



To: Petz who wrote (44232)6/14/2001 3:04:52 AM
From: Paul EngelRespond to of 275872
 
Re: "a castrated Palomino "

I guess AMD's new AThWipers are called Geldings?



To: Petz who wrote (44232)6/14/2001 3:06:21 AM
From: Paul EngelRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Re: "I believe that the chipset does not fully support PowerNow, and that there is no battery saver mode or automatic mode. It always runs at 800 MHz."

Oh - John - and you were SO CERTAIN it was a mobile DooWrong !!

Tsk Tsk - you must be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Disappointed.


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