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Old 08-03-05, 12:32 PM   #6 (permalink)
Darth Gates
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Originally Posted by kcnaylor
Why won't memory need to be continually powered with WM 2005. Although RAM isn't used for Storage memory anymore, it is still being used for Program memory, which I'm assuming holds the state of any apps that are currently opened. If I want to be able turn off the PDA (or have it automatically power off) and be able to return to where I was when I turn it back on, then I beleive the memory still has to be powered. And I don't believe it matters how much of the memory is actually being used - it all needs to be powered.

Anyway I may be wrong, but I'd be surprised (pleasantly, of course) if I saw a major increase in battery life with WM 2005.

Ken

I'm with Ken. We really don't know how it is all going to go down, but there will also be increased I/O overhead (moving things back and form between RAM and BIS) as well as the CPU running at max more often.

I'm guessing that the acutal gain in battery life will be minimal - but this is ONLY a guess (i.e., I have no real data).
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