Posted on Wednesday, September 02 2009 @ 20:32 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Microsoft
gave a presentation about the improved power efficiency of Windows 7:
At a demo on Tuesday, Microsoft showed two identical laptops playing the same DVD, with the Windows 7-equipped notebook getting 20 percent better battery life than one running Windows Vista. In general, users can expect newer systems running Windows 7 to offer 10 percent to 20 percent better battery improvement when watching a DVD.
"We're achieving a very significant amount of battery savings," said Microsoft principal program manager Ruston Panabaker.
Microsoft and Intel declined to say just how much overall battery life improvement Windows 7 might offer as compared to Vista, saying there are too many factors that can influence such results.
