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    Battery life after installation of Vista

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by matt_h1, Feb 1, 2007.

  1. matt_h1

    matt_h1 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I was just wondering what the battery life difference people are getting between xp and vista on their notebooks, Some tests ive seen dont show a noticeable increase in power consumption but real life tests often show otherwise.
     
    matt_h1, Feb 1, 2007
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    BrianMD71 Notebook Enthusiast

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    on my sz240p the battery life dipped quite a bit. if/when we get a way to turn off bluetooth, that might help some. i've noticed that the cooling fan has been running a bit more, as well.
     
    BrianMD71, Feb 2, 2007
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    cgardnerma Notebook Enthusiast

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    Seems roughly the same to me. Turning off bluetooth is pretty key as is keeping the backlight in check. (You turn off Bluetooth using the Lan SWitcher utility--green square--in the task bar. Took me quite a while to find it as well.)

    cgarnerma
     
    cgardnerma, Feb 2, 2007
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    elizabex Notebook Evangelist

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    Is VAIO power management still enabled in Vista? I know MS was plugging Vista as having more power management options geared at notebook users.
     
    elizabex, Feb 2, 2007
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    i know where to find it in XP, were you able to get the switcher utility to work in vista?
     
    BrianMD71, Feb 2, 2007
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