vga_switcharoo

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On 04/07/2010 08:21 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 20:10 -0400, Mail Lists wrote:
>> On 04/07/2010 01:47 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 13:12 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ah, wasn't aware of that. Thanks.
>>
>>  Also I think without the switcheroo the power consumption may be a lot
>> higher (rumor- is that true ?) - lowering power consumption on the
>> unused card may be helpful too ...
> 
> Well, I would think that if you boot with the Intel adapter active, it
> wouldn't power up the NVIDIA one. But I'm just guessing :)

  I guessed the same, until google found claims to the contrary '-)