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Vista Eating Battery Life

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the glutton-for-power dept.

LWATCDR writes "It looks like more issues with Vista drains notebook batteries. Using the Aero interface really eats into your notebooks battery life. Of course one of the new 'features' of Vista is supposed to be better power management. This provides a great opportunity for a showdown. How long until someone loads Vista on a MacBook and compares run time? It would provide a flat playing field now that Apple makes Intel-powered notebooks."

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  1. In Soviet Russia.... by trailerparkcassanova · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Macbook drains YOU!!!!

  2. Quick question by Sigma+7 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This will get buried under the imminent ~400 comments, but why would anyone use battery power run a known CPU/GPU intensive component that only gives eye candy?

    If you want battery life, try selecting the less complex themes in Vista (e.g. look for Windows classic), and turn off many of the enhancements that run in the background, even if they would make long-term usage easier for you.

  3. MS will eat your (battery's) soul! by Steve-o-192.168 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    MMmmMMm Battery Souls (cells).