Processor performance setting.

[David Bogie]

Here’s what Mac Help has to say so it’s Macintosh model-specific:

Music, video-editing, and other applications require a lot of processor power. If your iBook, PowerBook, or Power Mac G5 doesn’t perform at its maximum speed when you’re using these applications, it might be reducing processor performance to save energy.

To optimize the performance of your computer, you can change this setting in Energy Saver preferences.
To change the processor performance setting:
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Energy Saver.
Click Options.
Choose Highest from the Processor Performance pop-up menu.
If you don’t see the Processor Performance pop-up menu, your computer doesn’t support this feature.
Setting the processor performance to Highest uses more energy, so your iBook or PowerBook battery might run out of charge faster.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Max Frank]

Thanks for that info, Bogiesan.

With the setting set to highest, can one expect any adverse effects to the computer (eg. G5 2.0), ie, strain on the processor, etc.

Yours,

Wayne

[David Bogie]

I think the fan will run a bit longer, that’s all. The idea, AFAICT, is to force (or suggest that) the CPU remain at full power most of the time. If you give it permission to ramp down during inactivity, there is the suggestion that ramping it back up is not instantaneous.

Dunno, one of those mysterious settings. I have not seen it explained in any depth in the Tiger/Panther books I’ve got.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Bob Vick]

In the sleep setting, I know one shouldn’t set the hard drive to sleep but how about the Monitors?

b