eBoostr trial: Outside on battery

eBoostr trial: Outside on battery

Tanya and I enjoyed Friday evening out on the deck, she with her catalogs and journal, I with my tablet. I took the opportunity to test eBoostr (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/search?q=eboostr+trial) on battery power.

Not the cleanest test. I resumed from hibernate then rebooted to restart the eBoostr trial. Also, it was pretty humid and warm, above 80°, so my tablet would be running warm anyway.

I kept notes in Outlook journal via TEO (http://www.tabletoutlook.com/teo/default.aspx), which kept track of the time. Aside from that I started off just running Firefox, but about 20 minutes in, I played music through iTunes. The playlist was streaming from the network drive, so I was running the wifi pretty hard with low signal strength due to being outside (at least no one can hijack my signal unless they're sitting on my deck).

After about 70 minutes, I got the low battery alert at 10%. Not bad given the constant wifi and level of screen brightness necessary for working outside, but also not an improvement over normal.

On the other hand, operation was noticeably smoother than normal. I keep the processor stepped down while running on battery, which can result in jerkiness, but web surfing was snappy, music was free of hiccups, and inking notes in TEO was smooth. Might be because of the speed of the cache.

With the processor stepped down, read speeds were slower than before, but the flash cache was even faster by comparison to direct access. Could explain the smoother operation. Regardless, eBoostr certainly appears to be doing its primary job of boosting performance. I'll give it a tougher workout as circumstances permit.
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