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Windows Vista in its default mode with Aero Glass and Gadget Sidebar enabled, compromises on battery life. My notebook with full brightness gives me around 2.5 hours, which is pretty dull compared to Ryan’s notebook, but I was able to extend it to 3 hours with a free application called Vista Battery Saver.
It smartly disables Aero Glass effect and Gadget Sidebar while running on battery and automatically puts your notebook into performance mode while plugged-in to a power source. More than battery, it saves your time. Prior to installing Vista Battery Saver, I had to manually switch between power saver and performance power profiles.
After installing Vista Battery Saver, it automatically starts with Windows and quietly sits in your system tray without causing much resource hog. I was able to extract 30 -40 more minutes of juice out of my battery running on full brightness.
Download Vista Battery Saver | Vista Power Battery Homepage
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wrote, on July 29th, 2007
Cool tool, Good for travellers to save there battery life! Anyways, you said it doesn’t cause MUCH resource hog, what if the user is running a 512MB RAM minimum requirement system of Vista, will it cause a hog or disturbance?
I guess it won’t cause anything bad when the software is removed from the laptop.
wrote, on July 29th, 2007
I’m curious to know what your laptop is, as I am contemplating a move to laptop too
wrote, on July 29th, 2007
I thought laptops had more battery time. I mean, if you can only use your laptop for 2.5 hours, I’d rather turn it off. I mean, anything I do will exceed 2.5 hours of work.
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wrote, on July 30th, 2007
Right now I dont own a laptop, will try this when i get one soon.
wrote, on July 31st, 2007
mm.. good option for travelers .. not for ppl who use pcs mostly at home
wrote, on August 1st, 2007
Blogulate: Home PCs are mostly connected to power source through out the day, so they rarely need this software
wrote, on August 2nd, 2007
Sounds like smtg making good sence: vista takes to much power for your laptop actually. I ‘ve tryed it on my laptop… 2.15h without doing anything… this program, i’m sure of, would have bought me some more time. With xp-pro though it lasts 4.20h without doing anything. (the same go’s for a equal Linux version).