Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Aug 2009 23:00 UTC
I think we can finally put a certain myth to rest that's been circling around the web for a while now. Microsoft often claimed that netbooks running Linux saw higher return rates than those running Windows, but according to Dell, this is utter nonsense.
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I'm just curious on the statement he made regarding poor power management and battery life.
Is it still as big an issue as it was as, say 2 years ago?
I mostly use a desktop for my work, so I'm not really a hardcore laptop user, but I have an Asus Netbook and with a couple of additional eeePC specific power management apps installed, I get approximately 7+ hours of use before needing to charge the battery (last I checked, you get the same battery life with XP on this model)
Also have an old ThinkPad (R series) that I recently converted to Linux (Debian + Openbox), and it gives me around 2.5 hours of use, which is around 20 minutes less than when I used to have Windows installed on it and it was brand new at the time.
Can you guys/gals clarify how bad battery consumption is on your Linux portable compared to the same thing running Vista or XP, please?