| Windows 7 apparently has a lot of hardware issues with batteries, carried over from Windows Vista. Specifically battery drainage affecting netbooks and notebooks according to the source of this news. When I think of drainage, I think of the battery loosing charge while the notebook is in standby mode but the source covers more issues than just drainage including less battery life with Windows 7 (a drop of 30 - 2 hours - sounds like in comparison to Windows XP) and incorrect battery reporting issues which can result in the battery not fully recharging or reporting that the battery needs to be replaced when it’s perfectly fine. Nonetheless, good to see Microsoft acknowledge that they will be working on the problem.
News Source: Netbooked |
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Microsoft Looks Into Battery Issues Affecting Netbooks & Notebooks
Submitted by shc-boomer on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 06:43