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10-16-2006
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| Guest | Battery power-RC2 Hi, Seems Aero;or whatever; is a SERIOUS battery hog in Vista RC2. Been on battery for less than 10 munutes;after being fully charged;my battery has lost 15%- 10 minutes;15%. Wow! Not a math genius;but that sux.BIGTIME. Brand new laptop; what a resource hog. Jeff |
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10-16-2006
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| Guest | Re: Battery power-RC2 >> Seems Aero;or whatever; is a SERIOUS battery hog in Vista RC2. Been >> on battery for less than 10 munutes;after being fully charged;my battery has lost 15%- 10 minutes;15%. Wow! Not a math genius;but that sux.BIGTIME. Brand new laptop; what a resource hog. Jeff: Was the new portable marked "Vista Ready"? My new Dell D420 was so marked and runs about the same as when on XP (about 7 hours on a 0 cell battery) |
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10-16-2006
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| Guest | Re: Battery power-RC2 Correction: My new Dell D420 was so marked and runs about the same as when on XP (about 7 hours on a 0 cell battery) That should read 9 cell battery. |
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10-16-2006
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| Guest | Re: Battery power-RC2 CZ, Built with basic Vista specs; even b4 msft had hardware guidelines out;publicly. And battery was better in older builds. Jeff "CZ" <CZ@no99spam.com> wrote in message news:evupq6X8GHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Correction: > > My new Dell D420 was so marked and runs about the same as when on XP > (about > 7 hours on a 0 cell battery) > > That should read 9 cell battery. |
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