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    Macbook battery life in Windows

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Playmaker, Apr 27, 2007.

  1. Playmaker

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    How much does battery life does the Macbook (not Pro) get in Windows XP and Vista?
     
    Playmaker, Apr 27, 2007
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  2. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    About 2.5 - 3 hours in XP. Not sure about Vista, but probably less than XP.
     
    Xander, Apr 27, 2007
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  3. Playmaker

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    This with Airport on or off?
     
    Playmaker, Apr 27, 2007
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    Yes, Airport On, using Boot Camp 1.2 beta. Basically, I didn't do any "scientific testing" just normal usage: I was typing a paper in Microsoft Word, using Firefox, and listening to music in iTunes - all at the same time! Roughly 2.5 - 3 hours.
     
    Xander, Apr 27, 2007
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    Battery life should improve when BootCamp final comes out.
     
    sp00n, Apr 27, 2007
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    Oh? How do you know this or just speculating..
     
    dagamer34, Apr 28, 2007
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    Just speculating. BootCamp is still in beta after all.
     
    sp00n, Apr 28, 2007
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    What battery life is everyone else getting with XP and Boot Camp beta?
     
    Xander, Apr 28, 2007
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    not sure on actual battery life, but running windows xp my battery life is quite a bit shorter then running os x
     
    passive101, Apr 29, 2007
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  10. dagamer34

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    You might get 3 hours but that's being optomistic.
     
    dagamer34, Apr 29, 2007
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    Around the 2 hour mark. Give or take 15 mins.

    Which is half what I get in OSX.
     
    5to1, Apr 30, 2007
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    If you aren't doing intensive stuff, just use VMware, the battery life is the about the same then.
     
    firstwave, Nov 16, 2007
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    This is a rather old thread, firstwave :eek:. But that's okay, just remember to check next time :).
     
    Sam, Nov 16, 2007
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