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    U330 XP vs Vista?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by melcron, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. melcron

    melcron Notebook Guru

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    I was wondering if anyone has had a better experience as far as battery life with Windows XP on the U330 (as the power management software has been released for XP).
     
    melcron, Jan 26, 2009
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    mrjohn Notebook Consultant

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    Vista will be probably offer better battery life as it has a much better power management subsystem.
     
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  3. EnterKnight

    EnterKnight Notebook Evangelist

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    Can't use the switchable graphics in XP.

    Plus Vista, is safer, more stable, and easier to use. Plus a lot of the 'memory hogging' is just use of virtual memory.

    No point trying to use XP on the U330.
     
    EnterKnight, Jan 26, 2009
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