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    Bluetooth vs RF Laptop battery life

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by squelchy451, Jun 24, 2010.

  1. squelchy451

    squelchy451 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi

    I got a bluetooth wireless mouse.

    Does bluetooth eat up more LAPTOP battery or does RF? Or is it not very significant difference?

    Thanks!
     
    squelchy451, Jun 24, 2010
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  2. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Bluetooth is typically more power-hungry due to the number of sync events that are part of the protocol. There is a new low-power bluetooth standard coming out that should fix that, but it's not in any products that I'm aware of yet.
     
    Pitabred, Jun 25, 2010
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