I have a device running Ubuntu 10.04 with SSD drive and want to optimize its power consumption. As far as I understood laptop mode documentation, it is intended for conventional disk drives.
Does it make sense to configure laptop mode on Linux laptop with SSD drive in order to save power ?
I don't think it is quite necessary, since the prices of SSD is still quite high. On linux, it is more power-saving than in other commercial operating system. Futhermore, SSDs can only save up a little power, there will not be a too significant difference with the improvement of power.
