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- From: stevec@apple.com (Steve Christensen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: HD spindown
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.192040.4998@gallant.apple.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 19:20:40 GMT
- References: <7903@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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- Dennis Chamberlin, drchambe@tekig5.pen.tek.com writes:
- >David_A._Schnider@bmug.org writes:
- >>I know the Powerbooks can spin down the hard drive to save power, is
- there a
- >>program that allows the same ot be done with desktops?
- >
- >Curious why you would want to do this. It would seem to me that HD power
- is
- >only expensive in relation to battery capacity, but insignificant in
- dollars
- >and cents at the power meter.
-
-
- Yes, the main reason for spinning down the hard disk on portables is to
- save
- power. The actual power down is done by switching off the hard disk's
- power
- plane, a feature that isn't available on desktop systems...
-
- steve
-