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    Windows Vista x64 Boot Camp on Macbook ... Battery only lasts 2 hours!!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by lebsoljah, Mar 12, 2008.

  1. lebsoljah

    lebsoljah Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there an application which can optimize my macbook's power consumption in windows vista? It lasts 2 hours with wifi on - 4 hours in OSX

    I even put it in power saver mode but it doesn't seem to change battery life... but it does change processor speed

    Brightness is on minimum too


    Anyone having the same problem?
     
    lebsoljah, Mar 12, 2008
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well, its been known that running Windows on a Mac right now is not as power efficient as in OS X...whether it is supposed to be around 2 hours, I don't know.
     
    Sam, Mar 12, 2008
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  3. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    A thread on Apple's board. Theoretically it should be a longer time (from my point of view).
     
    Fade To Black, Mar 12, 2008
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    Umm... do you mean the battery should last longer in Vista than os x? or just last longer than it currently does in vista?

    Once they improve the speed stepping and other measures to help increase batter life, I'm sure it will improve.
     
    hollownail, Mar 12, 2008
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  5. Technospaz

    Technospaz Notebook Geek

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    When I run XP on my MB Black (via Bootcamp), the battery life is shorter. I'd say I lose about 30-45 mins of batt time. I too agree that OSX is supposed to be more efficient as far as batt life is concerned.
     
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    ltcommander_data Notebook Deity

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    Battery life is shorter for me too in XP. I think the main reason is that ATI PowerPlay doesn't appear to be working in XP, which means that the GPU is not downclocking. Either I'm not doing something properly or this is really something Apple should fix, since it artificially reduces Windows battery life.
     
    ltcommander_data, Mar 12, 2008
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  7. SGT Lindy

    SGT Lindy Notebook Consultant

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    Vista on my HP core duo notebook, suck the fraqing life out of the battery faster than any OS. Vista is pure crap.

    As far as drivers not being optimized for a Macbook or Macbook Pro? Only a few drivers are Apple only. On the Macbook, if you run boot camp with XP or Vista, only the touchpad, and iSight are Apple only owned drivers. The rest are other vendors drivers wrapped up by Apple. On a macbook, you can run the intel chipset driver and video drivers from the Intel website. The Ethernet, and wireless drivers can be obtained from those vendors as well...replacing the apple supplied drivers.

    OS X is just better at power management.
     
    SGT Lindy, Mar 12, 2008
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