New Powerbooks Energy Saver settings

[buttercup]

I just received my new 15" powerbook and was trying to tweak with the Energy Savings settings when I noticed something odd.

My boyfriends 17" from last February has this "Processor Performance" drop down menu under the options tab and mine does not. I also remember this from my old ibook. His has all the new updates as does mine. So why am I missing this functionality?

Has anyone else noticed this? and does anyone have any idea how to tweak it?

I would also love any suggestions on the best settings for reducing heat and maximizing battery life (other then choosing the better battery life setting of course! ).

thanks!

 

[aristobrat]

Don't know exactly if this is what you're looking for, but on my new PB, if you click on the battery icon on the top-right part of the screen, you'll get a pull-down menu that lets you set the PB for optimal battery life, or "normal", or for performance. I'm assuming that these settings will affect the processor, amongst other things.

 

[Bear]

It's automatic on the newest PowerBooks. There have been several other posts in these forums over the past few days about it.