Vista a hit on laptop battery use time
In what way? How is that apparent? You've received plenty - take your pick. Apart from the ones I've already answered? Because it is...
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"Doing all of those wonderful things that (the Aero Glbutt effect) allows, you are going to end up burning more milliwatts," said chip analyst Nathan Brookwood.
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.
"The Windows Vista Aero theme and components which implement it can use more resources than previous versions of the operating system," Microsoft product manager Mike Burk said in a statement.
more in the article...and yes, you WinNuts, we know shorthorn is still in beta. And of course you WinNuts KNOW this problem will be resolved before Vista hits the street.
-- Regards, JimP "The measure of a man is what he will do while expecting that he will get nothing in return!"