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Playing DVD and CPU usage
"Playing a DVD doesn?t use much CPU. The wattage is mostly the drive itself"

Could you please clarify if playing a DVD doesn't use much CPU, or whether it doesn't use much power? I would like to know... because I'm not surprised that playing a DVD doesn't use much CPU, but I would expect to put the load on your video card, specially if you play MPG4 videos. So this would mean low CPU usage, but still some power consumption.
Posted by: patibulo   Posted on: 11/15/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Playing DVD and CPU usage  patibulo | 11/15/07
Playing videos never used much power  CobraA1 | 11/15/07
not my experience  patibulo | 11/16/07
Conclusion?  Eriamjh | 11/15/07
Reply to 1st 2 comments  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 11/15/07
CPU rampup  sbotsford@... | 11/15/07
What Notebook ???  mrOSX | 11/15/07
Really, we also need a low pwer screen and cpu. How about some OLPC tech  DonnieBoy | 11/16/07

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