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Microsoft Says Windows 7 Not Killing Batteries
VindictivePantz sends word that the Windows 7 team has posted a new blog entry discussing their conclusions about the reported Windows 7 battery failures. "To the very best of the collective ecosystem knowledge, Windows 7 is correctly warning batteries that are in fact failing and Windows 7 is neither incorrectly reporting on battery status nor in any way whatsoever causing batteries to reach this state. In every case we have been able to identify the battery being reported on was in fact in need of recommended replacement. ...every single indication we have regarding the reports we've seen are simply Windows 7 reporting the state of the battery using this new feature and we're simply seeing batteries that are not performing above the designated threshold. ... We are as certain as we can be that we have addressed the root cause and concerns of this report, but we will continue to monitor the situation."
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> .snip. remember that Apple re-brands their off-the-shelf hardware as well as software.
Now that's hilarious!
What people are missing is that this is not anything to do with bad batteries, or increased power draw of windows 7 or processes. The issue is that windows 7 corrupts the information stored on the batteries. My laptop ran fine with windows vista, the battery died within a week of a clean windows 7 install. This was a healthy battery, low cycles.
Got a replacement battery, installed vista and had no issues. We Ran windows 7 on it but only without being plugged in, then recharged by booting a ubuntu live cd. This arrangement worked and the battery was fine after 3 weeks. We then started letting windows 7 charge the battery and the battery was dead within a few days. Read the technet and you can see this duplicated over and over again.
Now, at work we did a transplant of the cells from the second battery to a third and guess what.. It works fine!
You wonder why microsoft is trying to downplay this? Imagine the recalls..
Just an FYI, I don't cater to you, so you have to keep track of the topic of conversation.
The topic of converstation are notifications that pop up in the notification area. JUST LIKE THE BATTERY NOTIFICATION.
Now if the battery notice only came up when going to Battery Management in the control panel, then I'd have some sympathy. You just weren't paying attention.
Microsoft has also been known to blame hardware for failing to comply to often unwritten, industry spec deviating, irrational requirements in order to function properly. If the hardware does not magically conform to their software's expectations in this regard, it is therefore to blame. I've played this game with them several times, at this point anything they say sounds like total bullshit, even if this once, it's possible they're correct.
No spec ever has anything to do with a Microsoft implementation.