What draws less power

[JoeKing]

I'm using an Asus 1000HE

I'm about to take a 13 hour+ plane ride and want to use my netbook to watch movies in divx format. I was wondering since my pc uses a regular harddrive would I be able to squeeze a little more battery life out of it if I watched the movies off a thumbdrive? Or should I keep the movies on the harddrive and watch it from there?

I thought I'd try posting my question in OT since I'm more an OT kinda guy... and like the instant gratification.

 

[thescreensavers]

well, the hard drive will be on any how but hmm. good question lol

you should also pick up a hammer head battery

 

[RESmonkey]

Magazine.

 

[shortylickens]

You can find the answer in the correct forum.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Magazine.

yeah but that Highlights magazine would only kill 2 hours... boy that Goofus!

 

[Barfo]

Thumbdrive.

 

[Newbian]

Many planes have a way to power your computer on long distance flights these days.

 

[Chronoshock]

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Magazine.

yeah but that Highlights magazine would only kill 2 hours... boy that Goofus!

Look through Skymall. Imagine you have $1000 and you're going on a shopping spree. With all that cash you could get a wall atlas and a clip-on book light.

As for your laptop predicament, just experiment at home. Run a movie both ways and see how much the battery drains each time. Then once you find your storage method, try multiple codecs to find which consumes the least battery (CPU usage)

 

[Barfo]

Why don't you just join the mile high club?

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: Barfo
Why don't you just join the mile high club?

You have to realize it doesn't count if you are alone and for most people here it usually takes less then two minutes.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: Barfo
Why don't you just join the mile high club?

You have to realize it doesn't count if you are alone and for most people here it usually takes less then two minutes.

I'm pretty sure he'd be willing to pay for your ticket

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
well, the hard drive will be on any how but hmm. good question lol

you should also pick up a hammer head battery

lol at first I was thinking it looked to "extreme" for my tastes, but seeing it on a 1000 series I might just have toi get one. But I doubt I'd receive it before I left for my one-way trip.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
You can find the answer in the correct forum.

lies!

but what about the colorful comments thrown in during my search for knowledge?

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: Barfo

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: Barfo
Why don't you just join the mile high club?

You have to realize it doesn't count if you are alone and for most people here it usually takes less then two minutes.

I'm pretty sure he'd be willing to pay for your ticket

Nope, we'd share the same seat.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: shortylickens
You can find the answer in the correct forum.

lies!

but what about the colorful comments thrown in during my search for knowledge?

The main hard drive is still working during all operation, because it had the swap file and if you are playing video I can almost promise that it will be used frequently.
Would actually use slightly less power to not have the thumb drive in.

The big one is turning down your screen brightness a bit. That can save tons of power. Also, check your settings to make sure it isnt going into standby after 5 minutes of battery usage. Booting up or restoring from standby all the time is annoying and will use more power than if you left it running.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
You can find the answer in the correct forum.

Nobody gives a fuck about the correct forum. Everything belongs in ATOT.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Newbian
Many planes have a way to power your computer on long distance flights these days.

this

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: shortylickens
You can find the answer in the correct forum.

Nobody gives a fuck about the correct forum. Everything belongs in ATOT.

seriously.

does anyone READ the other forums?

P&N is a cesspool
L&R is a giant sausage fest
PFI is a bitchfest
Video is full of nerdrage


the rest of the forums dont exist.

OT i bet makes 90% of the traffic on this site.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
The main hard drive is still working during all operation, because it had the swap file and if you are playing video I can almost promise that it will be used frequently.
Would actually use slightly less power to not have the thumb drive in.

The big one is turning down your screen brightness a bit. That can save tons of power. Also, check your settings to make sure it isnt going into standby after 5 minutes of battery usage. Booting up or restoring from standby all the time is annoying and will use more power than if you left it running.

I'd remove the HD, and boot to Linux on the SD card. Use a thumb drive to store your media, and that's about as good as it gets. You can also disable unused devices in BIOS(camera, wifi, NIC...)

 

[l0cke]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: shortylickens
You can find the answer in the correct forum.

Nobody gives a fuck about the correct forum. Everything belongs in ATOT.

seriously.

does anyone READ the other forums?

P&N is a cesspool
L&R is a giant sausage fest
PFI is a bitchfest
Video is full of nerdrage


the rest of the forums dont exist.

OT i bet makes 90% of the traffic on this site.

Actually, FS/FT probably accounts for a good portion, but those aren't really discussions.

 

[Sea Moose]

you do realise that you can buy a good book for about 30 or 40 dollars, save the hassle of stripping down your lappy to full economic mode....



You guys do realise that there is such a think as books....?

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: l0cke
Actually, FS/FT probably accounts for a good portion, but those aren't really discussions.

true... i wonder how much traffic <bump> actually takes up

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose
you do realise that you can buy a good book for about 30 or 40 dollars, save the hassle of stripping down your lappy to full economic mode....



You guys do realise that there is such a think as books....?

Books don't play music ;^)

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Sea Moose
you do realise that you can buy a good book for about 30 or 40 dollars, save the hassle of stripping down your lappy to full economic mode....



You guys do realise that there is such a think as books....?

Books don't play music ;^)

Ok an ipod and a good book?

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Sea Moose
you do realise that you can buy a good book for about 30 or 40 dollars, save the hassle of stripping down your lappy to full economic mode....



You guys do realise that there is such a think as books....?

Books don't play music ;^)

Ok an ipod and a good book?

Yea, maybe. I like the multipurpose nature of a netbook though. You can listen to music, read ebooks, and surf the web. If you're so inclined, work can even be done with them :^D