Except there is a bios setting to switch off speed step.
Every Pentium M laptop I have seen runs at reduced speed on batteries, ususally between 600-800MHZ.
Tried many variations of that setting and other settings, but no dice.
But they kick up to full speed when you need it, provided the CPU isn't on fire.
Only if you plug in, but on batteries, you are stuck, no matter what your charge level is.
3. Usually if she gets called in, someone is dying. I would rarely, if ever, classify an IT emergency anywhere near as important as that.
I hope it doesn't surprise you that many banks and financial institutions would classify certain common IT emergencies as much more important than someone dying. Take a "small" glitch that costs $100 million. Ask them to (unofficially) compare that to a human life? Not even close.
Memory fault - where am I?