Comments on: Vista Power Plans: Balanced vs. High Performance http://cybernetnews.com/2008/05/07/vista-power-plans-balanced-vs-high-performance/ Technology News Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:06:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2008/05/07/vista-power-plans-balanced-vs-high-performance/#comment-137652 Ryan Wed, 07 May 2008 20:09:09 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12485#comment-137652 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-137651" rel="nofollow">StationStops.com wrote:</a><blockquote>After a couple months of just figuring my new notebook was a power hog, I did some testing and found out it was because I was using 802.11n. </blockquote>[/div] That's really interesting... I would have never guessed that 802.11n would take up so much extra power. StationStops.com wrote:
After a couple months of just figuring my new notebook was a power hog, I did some testing and found out it was because I was using 802.11n.

That’s really interesting… I would have never guessed that 802.11n would take up so much extra power.

]]> By: StationStops.com http://cybernetnews.com/2008/05/07/vista-power-plans-balanced-vs-high-performance/#comment-137651 StationStops.com Wed, 07 May 2008 19:38:43 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12485#comment-137651 I was having horrible battery life, even on power saver, on my XPS1330. I knew it wasn't Vista as I had ran Vista with great battery life on an older Dell laptop. After a couple months of just figuring my new notebook was a power hog, I did some testing and found out it was because I was using 802.11n. When I switched to 802.11g or 802.11b, my battery life was great, even under balanced. I guess Intel's first ABGN chip isnt very well optimized for 802.11n yet. I was having horrible battery life, even on power saver, on my XPS1330. I knew it wasn’t Vista as I had ran Vista with great battery life on an older Dell laptop.

After a couple months of just figuring my new notebook was a power hog, I did some testing and found out it was because I was using 802.11n.

When I switched to 802.11g or 802.11b, my battery life was great, even under balanced.

I guess Intel’s first ABGN chip isnt very well optimized for 802.11n yet.

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