long flight; need battery power!

[Frank Altpeter]

2005/8/26, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org>:
> In September, I'll have a couple of long flights.  I'll be using my
> IBM ThinkPad T41 to catch up on some long delayed FreshPorts
> enhancements.  Apart from charging whenever I can, I'm afraid I'll
> get only about 140-150 minutes from my battery.
> 
> Apart from buying a second battery, any ideas?

I recently installed sysutils/est and sysutils/estctrl (Enhanced
Speedstep Technology, kernel module and daemon) and it brought me
about 45 minutes more battery power.
Perhaps it's worth a try, if you don't already use it.

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        Frank Altpeter

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