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    R61 Vista Vs XP

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by MimoG3, Jan 4, 2008.

  1. MimoG3

    MimoG3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys, just wondering those of you that have the r61 or t61, have you noticed a difference in battery life when using vista or xp, i would think xp would give you better battery life due to the fact that vista probably punishses the hard drive with loading crap.but just wondering, also just a little off track, is the T5250 a 64 bit processor?
     
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  2. chubbyfatazn

    chubbyfatazn Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe the general consensus is that you will gain some battery life using XP, but I'm not entirely sure.

    The T5450 is a 64-bit CPU.
     
    chubbyfatazn, Jan 4, 2008
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    Vista consumes a little more battery than XP, but after some Vista tweaks, they would consume pretty much the same amount of energy.
     
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  4. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    I don't think the tweaks have to do anything with battery life. The resources that Vista uses is much more than XP. I tested it.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Jan 4, 2008
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    How did you test it?
     
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  6. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    Based on the ram and CPU usage, I disable many services and used many tweaks, it still ran slower than XP. The battery life was decreased by an hour.
    That's just me.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Jan 4, 2008
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    On my old Dell laptop (Inspiron 8600), with XP Pro installed, battery life is 3.5+ hr, with Vista installed, only 2 hr. Big difference!
     
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    alexkolb1 Notebook Consultant

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    i get over 2 hours on 14.1'' r61i with vista business on a 4 cell battery with "battery optimized" power plan.

    i used to have a 15.1" inspiron e1505 with 9 cell and it gave me just under 4 hours with light use with xp pro sp2
     
    alexkolb1, Jan 4, 2008
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