Comments on: More confirmation that Windows 7 takes a toll on netbook battery life

By: wedding dresses

wedding dresses — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:27:00 +0000

I went back to WinXP because portability is one of the main reasons for me owning a netbook.

By: mylaptopbattery

mylaptopbattery — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:21:26 +0000

I want to use windows 7 if it is good to my laptop

By: laptop batteries

laptop batteries — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:55:09 +0000

Obviously feeling they are better then Windows 7 drivers that install when you install Win7. However, especially with those Win 7 OS driver's many of them have not been updated for a while.

By: jescott418

jescott418 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:28:08 +0000

For the most part I believe the issues are with BIOS and drivers. let's face it, almost all netbooks have come out with XP on them. Some manufactures do not even supply drivers for Windows 7. Those that do are only supplying them for newer models which may be similar to older moedel's which is why some of us have tried using those driver's. Obviously feeling they are better then Windows 7 drivers that install when you install Win7. However, especially with those Win 7 OS driver's many of them have not been updated for a while.
I have noticed some with dates from 2006!! It's possible some of these are just made over Vista driver's. We have to understand that with a netbook the technology is more XP vintage then Windows 7. While Windows 7 concerned itself with multiple cores and better graphics. The netbook has really fell behind by using older Intel geaphics. Maybe the newer netbooks with NVIDA's newer chipsets will do better.

By: jescott418

jescott418 — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:28:08 +0000

By: jimsing59

jimsing59 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:07:24 +0000

Under the hood of Windows 7 is Vista. Big Engine needs more power for all the bells and whistles.

By: MrPerfect

MrPerfect — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:29:45 +0000

Hmm, alright. Thanks for clearing that up guys.

I wonder what it is that's causing it. You'd expect an OS that's 8 years newer to draw a little more power, but that's a really big difference.

By: thefirstone

thefirstone — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:48:56 +0000

My Asus 1000HA lost about 30% battery life when I installedWin7 Ultimate. The original 6 cell battery went from about 5.30 hrs to about 4.00 hrs. My after-market battery went from about 11.00 hours to about 7.00 hours. I went back to WinXP because portability is one of the main reasons for me owning a netbook.

By: netbookguru

netbookguru — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:12:32 +0000

No matter what the battery performance is I am sure people will still use Win7.

Maybe many would change to Chrome OS when it is out.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:58:26 +0000

I have a Samsung NC20 and it gets nearly 6 hours of battery life with W7. Granted, that's only once the Samsung Battery Manager is running – on vanilla Windows it's closer to what you've found.

By: K T Bradford

K T Bradford — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:38:36 +0000

When we did our first Windows 7 tests we installed the OS ourselves. The results are in our Windows 7 review. But the battery life scores cited in the post Brad linked to are all from review units sent to us by the manufacturers with the OS and drivers pre-installed.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:27 +0000

For my part, I tested the NB205 that shipped with Win7 Starter and compared
the results with Kevin's test of the NB205 with XP. He also installed Win7
RC himself and had the same results as me.

I also tested the Eee PC 1008HA with WinXP as preconfigured by Asus a few
months ago and compared the results with the Windows 7 Home Premium model
they just sent me.

By: tomleemullins

tomleemullins — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:28:59 +0000

Perhaps it is because of Windows bloat? It seems each new version of Windows is bigger than the previous one. I think they could learn from the ReactOS os. http://www.reactos.org I think ReactOS – once it is completed – would make an ideal netbook os.

By: MrPerfect

MrPerfect — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:28:03 +0000

It almost looks like the 7 machines have poor drivers.

Did those netbooks come from the factory with 7 on them? Or did the testers format XP machines and put 7 on them? If it was the second, then maybe a driver update from the manufacturer's site is in order. Goodness knows you don't get the best drivers from the Windows install disk…

By: Whiteblade

Whiteblade — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:08:55 +0000

I disagree. I own a Compaq Mini 311 and the battery life in xp and 7 is nearly identical. I think the problem is lack of ram. The standard 1gb is just not enough,