Re: [tlug] Laptop power consumption

[Lewske Wada <ryu@example.com>]

On Aug 18, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Marco Toldo wrote :

According to manufacturer's declaration, battery should last
approximately 210 min. Obviously I guess this could be achieved with
windows-based os only, but BIOS has some features for "Other OS" so I
could expect a reasonable battery lifetime under Linux too.  However
reality is really different...battery has a mere lifetime of
approximately 1 hour, with an unbelievable consumption around 20 W.

Now I'm thinking about trying ubuntu netbook remix, hoping this may
have some built-in magic to extend battery life. I'm not interested in
the "I don't believe it"-10 hours battery of Mac books (...damn it if
it's true),

I have a MacBook Pro that's said to have 7 to 8 hours of battery life,

although it actually can keep on for 4-5 hours at most.

I'm interested in other cases for this kind of issue.

Cheers,

Lewske "Ryu" Wada
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