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Windows Drains MacBook's Battery; Who's To Blame?
ericatcw writes "Users hoping that Windows 7's arrival will mean less power drain on their MacBook laptops may be disappointed, writes Computerworld's Eric Lai. Running Windows 7 in Boot Camp caused one CNET reviewer's battery life to fall by more than two-thirds. But virtualization software such as VMware Fusion suffer from the same complaints. Some blame Apple's Boot Camp drivers (the last ones were released in April 2008); others lay the blame at Windows' bloated codebase. With Apple and Microsoft both trying to avoid responsibility for improving the experience, Windows 7's reported improvements in power management will be moot for MacBook users for a while."
Windows Drains MacBook's Battery; Who's to blame?
I blame Microsoft. Much like the title, I was expecting Windows 7 to actually recharge my laptop battery, not drain it.
[...] Bloat doesn't magically appear when you put an Apple logo on something.
Unless your talking about price!!!
You don't understand. Buying an Apple is like buying a Lexus or Acura. It gives you the opportunity to brag about your awesome machine, even though there's no real difference between a Lexus v. Toyota, or Acura v. Honda, except the inflated +33% higher pricetag.
I still remember my friends' reaction when I pointed to his shiny-new Acura and said, "The logo on the glass says Honda. And here inside the glovebox is another Honda logo. And... yep there's a Honda logo on the wheel cover." You would have thought I just insulted his best girl. "No, no that can't be. This is Acura not Honda. That logo's wrong. I only buy the best; the best I tell you."
I stepped back several feet.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
?? My last notebook got 3.5 hours on the 6 cell battery (could have gotten a 9 cell, but didn't want too) with Windows XP or FreeBSD.
Dunno what my new notebook will do yet, it came pre-raped with Windows Vista, and I have to clean to goo off the drive and install XP (slipstream the ICH9 drivers anyone?) and FreeBSD (7.2 doesn't have a functional NIC driver, 8.0Beta driver fails at something, not sure what), or KUbuntu (faster than Vista off of the CD, WTF, but also lacking a NIC driver) to test.
after two days of vista, my butt hurts.
Self proclaimed typo king, and inventor of the bear destroying coffee table (patent not pending).
The friend is clearly motivated by name value alone and doesn't see the respectability of the Acura brand as coming from the car quality but rather from some undefinable je ne sais quoi that somehow Honda doesn't have.
Clearly, Honda is the Toyota of automobiles. There's nothing wrong with them and a lot right with them. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if they weren't a foreign maker.
Clearly, Honda is the Toyota of automobiles.
Once again you've demonstrated why you chose the user name you did.
of course the users who buy a MacBook, get a great OS shipped on it and want to install - agh - windows.
... If you drive a TL and then drive an Accord, there is no way you will confuse the handling, finish, or features ...
Really? Have you done a double-blind test? Please drive each one while blind-folded and get back to us with your results.
... If you drive a TL and then drive an Accord, there is no way you will confuse the handling, finish, or features ...
Really? Have you done a double-blind test? Please drive each one while blind-folded and get back to us with your results.
When you get back, file the results under 'whatcouldpossiblygowrong'
Actually a triumvirate of bloat with four members would be quite apt.
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"Clearly, Honda is the Toyota of automobiles."
I salute you Sir! You have outdone yourself.
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.
You mean like "Up in Harlem at a table for two / There were four of us -- me, your great big feets, and you"?
Oh, it works, but (gasp!) it uses up battery power!!
Damn that microsoft to hell. Say, has anybody actually seen Bill Gates' birth certificate? Not the one that's on paper, with the official stamp that says "Certificate of Birth", but the super-secret real one that is only kept in vaults that every true-blood American is granted at Conception by our deity, President Ronald Wilson Reagan (may peace and everlasting glory be upon his Name).
You are welcome on my lawn.