Tuesday, September 15, 2009

About: Laptop batteries

A number of questions:

  • Why is it that different operating systems suck vastly different amounts of power, even if the tasks you’re doing are exactly the same?
  • It would seem that Windows 7 is now following the Mac OS method of updating the predicted battery percentage more often compared to XP, can anyone confirm?
  • Why is it that some manufacturers (Apple, Acer) can squeeze a 7-8 hour battery life into the same sized laptop as other manufacturers who only get 2.5 hours (Dell, Samsung)?
  • Finally, why the hell do two very similar Taiwanese computer companies have very similar names. Damn you Asus and Acer!
  • Finally, finally, just a heads up to Danny, Acer are apparently the second largest computer manufacturer behind HP, don’t feel bad, they’re bound to produce a few dud laptops then.

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