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Win 8 Battery life

NadiaNadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798
in Hardware

interesting article

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/10/why-does-windows-have-terrible-battery-life.html

 

http://www.digitalversus.com/laptop/apple-13-macbook-air-2013-running-windows-8-p16624/test.html

One of the best things about the standard 2013 MacBook Air 13" is that it has record-breaking battery life of 14 hrs 25 min (with the screen brightness at 100 cd/m², headphones plugged in and the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and keyboard backlighting turned off).

Under Windows 8 the results are more mixed. Perhaps as the price to pay for the increased processor performance, in the same conditions it lasts only 7 hrs 40 min. That's still very high—it's better than the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A's 6 hours and the Samsung Series 7 Ultra's 5 hours—but it's only half the astronomical 14 hours + that the 13" MacBook Air is capable of.

 

related

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/06/how-os-x-mavericks-works-its-power-saving-magic/

EQ2 fan sites

Comments

  • RidelynnRidelynn Member EpicPosts: 7,383

    I think the review answers that question at least partially:

    It turns out the Intel Core i5-4250U processor runs better with Windows 8 at the controls than with OS X. Using our in-house rating system—in which higher is better—the 13" MacBook Air 2013 got a score of 94 under OS X and 108 under Windows 8, bringing it closer to the performance of the 2012 MacBook Air.

    On average, a task that takes 1 minute 20 seconds under Mountain Lion will take just 1 minute running Windows 8.

    Can't get something for nothing.

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