__/ [ Jim ] on Friday 02 June 2006 19:19 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Vista beta sucks up battery juice
>>
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>> | ...Even so, any lowering in battery life is a blow to the rest of the PC
>> | industry. Manufacturers have found it a struggle to boost the battery
>> | life of notebook computers, even as they've made easy advances in other
>> | areas, such as disk space and processor performance.
>> |
>> | "Just when they thought they were getting closer, now they are further
>> | away," Brookwood said. Several hardware makers contacted by CNET
>> | News.com declined to comment.
>> |
>> | Microsoft acknowledged that Vista's more intense graphics do cause a hit
>> | to battery life.
>> `----
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http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6079215.html?part=rss&tag=6079215&subj=news
>>
>> Similar problems in Windows mobile, by the way. More reasons to choose
>> something lighter (as in "engineered properly to work most efficiently").
>
> ya mean like gentoo or a heavily customised Debian install? :)
The key word is *customised*. By default, Vista does file indexing in the
background and I bet that few people will find the 'driver's seat preset
position' that suits their hardware.
All that said, Windows has always been a resource hog. XP is a notorious
resource pig and Vista is the outcome of just months of extending XP (or
Server). That new stuff are modules like Aero mounted atop it, slurping away
even *more* battery juice and slowing down the O/S in general.
The concept of modularity, which was all along largely ignored, is biting MS
in the rear and costing people money (battery extenders)/battery lifetime.
Best wishes,
Roy
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