Comments on: Guide to Vista power management http://gigaom.com/mobile/guide_to_vista_/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JohnNullstream http://gigaom.com/mobile/guide_to_vista_/#comment-404758 Wed, 09 May 2007 06:12:22 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/guide_to_vista_#comment-404758

I’ve finally characterized the power drain differences between Vista and XP on my Q1. Yes they are real. Also I found a surprising power hog, at least on my device.

Posted here:
http://www.nullstream.com/archives/000471.html

]]> By: Brad http://gigaom.com/mobile/guide_to_vista_/#comment-404759 Mon, 07 May 2007 07:12:36 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/guide_to_vista_#comment-404759

My new laptop came with Vista preinstalled so I’ve never had a chance to test its battery life under XP. I do have Ubuntu installed on a small partition, and there doesn’t seem to be any major difference in battery life between Vista and Linux.

So really what it comes down to is I just need to buy an extended battery and make my laptop a little bit heavier to lug around.

]]> By: JohnNullstream http://gigaom.com/mobile/guide_to_vista_/#comment-404760 Sun, 06 May 2007 22:12:54 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/guide_to_vista_#comment-404760

Here is a white paper with more info about Vista’s power management than you could ever want to know.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/ProcPowerMgmt.mspx

Bottom line? 47 pages of stuff telling how Vista’s way is different (and better) than XP’s way. And I still can’t get more than 1 1/2 hours of life out of my Q1 with Vista.

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