Comments on: Windows 7 + netbooks = lower battery life?

By: utopia5230

utopia5230 — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:15:00 +0000

From it is born, have never use windows 7, but xp is familar

By: wedding dresses

wedding dresses — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:54:00 +0000

Just make sure when you test Windows 7 again that you let it completely index the drive first.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:15:00 +0000

Do us a favour and get some English lessons before you put another post up here.

By: wattuser

wattuser — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:15:48 +0000

i am using windows 7 but have used xp sp2 and vista home premium but honestly the 7 experience is better than xp and vista.in a way win7 does eat more with aero style graphics,indexing service,etc…but try aero graphics on xp and vista or windows search and you will realise that actually win7 is doing a better job of handling.xp was made when certain soft and hardware was still to be invented and vista is seriously a joke,a poor attempt to attract people and market but win7 incorporates the old and makes way for the new(well i think it will get old in say about 5 years but still) and it still has a lot of scope.battery life being a main issue in issues,we just can hope the people at microsoft corp. realise that most people want it all for less and in a smaller size with a huge punch but less effort…hopefully windows 7 is a good effort at that.

By: sexy lingerie

sexy lingerie — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:51:00 +0000

if more efficient use to the hardware is to blame. squeezing more power out of the silicon means more power is squeezed out of the battery

By: china laptop batteries

china laptop batteries — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:05:31 +0000

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By: SAMMY

SAMMY — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:39:43 +0000

Hey guys everything's fine now.
I have the NB200 (the EU version of the NB205).
I was getting like 8 hours under XP with the TOSHIBA PM.
When I put 7 on I just wanted to go in the closet and cry something like 4 to 5 hours ;(
Since TOSHIBA didn't release any version of their power manager for 7,I started searching and changing settings…and actually it's quite simple just go in the Power Management in the Control panel create your own personalized power profile,put everything to minimum,but the most important part was Processor management I put that to 20-25% which is fine.
Now I'm 8:30-9 hours of battery life in Windows 7
Skype,8-10 Chrome tabs,and some note taking programs run smoothly,you can watch normal quality videos too.
Cheers! (thumbsup)

By: jescott418

jescott418 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:18:10 +0000

I would have to agree that Windows 7 does hurt battery life. At least with netbooks. But here is my thoughts on why. I believe for whatever reason the fan cycles more with Windows 7 then Windows XP. Maybe its because I do run Windows 7 Premium. Maybe its because manufactures have not released a tuned BIOS for Windows 7 for their netbooks. Maybe its because Windows 7 is better tuned for other CPU's.
Its probably a compbination of all of those that lead to reduced battery life. I for one like Windows 7 better then XP, so I will put up with the lower battery life. Although I have begun to turn off things like Aero when I want to save. Windows 7 does this automatically in Power saver mode so even Microsoft must think Aero is bad for power consumption.

By: jescott418

jescott418 — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:18:10 +0000

By: fteacher

fteacher — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:43:58 +0000

I am using a toshiba sattellite pro L300 ez1502 and I tried XP vista and Windows 7 I have experienced more battery life in vista, less in XP and the least in Windows 7. now I am using windows 7 and I may return to XP because I have been experiencing dvd player problems and battery life problems. it lasts less than an hour when full

By: Notebook and Netbook Users – Windows 7 or XP? | Komplett Blog

Notebook and Netbook Users – Windows 7 or XP? | Komplett Blog — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:09:58 +0000

[...] looking at the NB205’s capabilities, Liliputing – who live and breathe compact computing, said that, “What’s interesting is that Windows 7 [...]

By: julesdubois

julesdubois — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:05:39 +0000

Well, on my hp 6735 since i installed windows seven, my battery died and am asked to replace it…at the first installation i lost one hour of the battery and slowly the battery died
(u will excuse ma english) I am French

By: climbtree

climbtree — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:54:01 +0000

i wonder if more efficient use to the hardware is to blame. squeezing more power out of the silicon means more power is squeezed out of the battery

By: Notebook and Netbook Users – Windows 7 or XP? « Komplett Ireland

Notebook and Netbook Users – Windows 7 or XP? « Komplett Ireland — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:28:20 +0000

[...] looking at the NB205’s capabilities, Liliputing – who live and breathe compact computing, said that, “What’s interesting is that Windows 7 [...]

By: solarboy

solarboy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:26:48 +0000

This is an issue that Microsoft is trying to ignore. W7 has MAJOR issues with the ACPI which make them potentially liable for the damage to millions of laptop batteries. On Microsofts own Technet forums this has been raging for 6 months with MS refusing to comment.
See http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w…