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Old 01-01-2007, 09:47 PM
Jeff
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Battery power-RC2

Hi,
Seems Aero;or whatever; is a SERIOUS battery hog in Vista RC2. Been on
battery for less than 10 munutes;after being fully charged;my battery has
lost 15%- 10 minutes;15%. Wow! Not a math genius;but that sux.BIGTIME.
Brand new laptop; what a resource hog.

Jeff

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Re: Battery power-RC2

>> Seems Aero;or whatever; is a SERIOUS battery hog in Vista RC2. Been
>> on

battery for less than 10 munutes;after being fully charged;my battery has
lost 15%- 10 minutes;15%. Wow! Not a math genius;but that sux.BIGTIME.
Brand new laptop; what a resource hog.

Jeff:

Was the new portable marked "Vista Ready"?

My new Dell D420 was so marked and runs about the same as when on XP (about
7 hours on a 0 cell battery)

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Re: Battery power-RC2

Correction:

My new Dell D420 was so marked and runs about the same as when on XP (about
7 hours on a 0 cell battery)

That should read 9 cell battery.

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Old 01-01-2007, 09:48 PM
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Re: Battery power-RC2

CZ,
Built with basic Vista specs; even b4 msft had hardware guidelines
out;publicly.
And battery was better in older builds.
Jeff
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> My new Dell D420 was so marked and runs about the same as when on XP
> (about
> 7 hours on a 0 cell battery)
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> That should read 9 cell battery.


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