Every laptop has it as a means to use less battery. Some people will use
this to overclock.
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> I like the CPU speed control in Power-->Advaanced settings, with precision
> to 1%.
>
> We've always had it in IBm Thinkpads, since IBm sold it to China which
> rebranded it as Lenovo, I switched to American HP.
> Regular Windows, not taylored by IBM, was never aware of Thinkpads unique
> internals.
>
> Now with Vista it doesn't matter, i can control processor and I CAN SEE &
> HEAR RESULTS! Suppose fan is blowing and my hand can feel warm air
> flowing from vents, I tested it several times when I switch from CPU 100%
> to 25%, fan slows down stops, air gets cooler, and fan is often stopped
> which gives me some peace in temrs of reliability. A hot computer is
> bound to sustain permanent damage, heat is the biggest killer of
> electronics.
>
> So I switch to 100% when running CAD & Graphics/Video apps, 25% when
> writing articles, 10% when reading/browsign plain text, of course I don't
> annoy myself by clicking switches and playign with this instead of real
> work.
>
> But still i appreciate this control, because I my profession is
> electroncis-related I just like this type of clock frequency control.
> IBM also provided us with automatic CPU, automatic PCI bus or fixed PCI
> bus frequency, optical drive turn-off time in addiiton to harddisk timer
> found in Vista, and IBm wrote a "PS2" utility ran under DOS or Win command
> prompt for real techies who get deep into hardware, we don't have that in
> Vista but I don't care.
> I have a real quiet laptop now despite its gigantic 17inch display and
> hardware meant for hard-core CAD, Graphics & Gaming, you don't alway sneed
> processor toiling hard in summer heat, only asking for potential fan
> damage-->CPU damage, so thsi control is nice....