I have a 12" powerbook, on which I mainly do software development. I frequently use a lot of CPU time doing processor intensive tasks like compiling code, etc and want to get as much battery life as possible out of my machine, even if it runs a bit more slowly. To this end, I decided to set my Processor Performance in the Energy section of system preferences to Reduced instead of Automatic. It might just be me, but it seems like the power doesn't drain any more slowly than it does when set to Automatic.
Does anyone know if this really does make a difference? Can the machine save even more power under certain circumstances when in Automatic mode or something?
Does anyone know if this really does make a difference? Can the machine save even more power under certain circumstances when in Automatic mode or something?