Is playing from my hard drive taking more power than my CD

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  1. garylapoi

    garylapoi Member

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    When I travel with my iBook and I want to play movies. 700MHz and 640MB of RAM.
    Should I rip to my hard drive or play from the DVD player?

    I'm asking this from a battery standpoint. Any other power suggestions for this?

    Thanks,
    Gary
     
    garylapoi, Jun 22, 2003
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    Running it off of you hard drive definately conserves energy, because there is no running motor.
     
    johnferg, Jun 25, 2003
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    Might the hard drive spin down so the only spindle going is the CD drive? (Still only one one motor spinning)

    Thanks,
    Gary
     
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