Windows Vista Aero interface hard on notebook batteries
Owners of notebook computers running Vista are complaining that the fancy Aero interface runs their batteries down too quickly. This power consumption problem was already an issue in the beta testing of Vista but does not seem to have been remedied yet. CNET reports on the problem and says:
When Aero is turned off, battery life is equal to or better than Windows XP systems. But with it turned on, battery life suffers compared with Windows XP.
Microsoft made some important changes in Vista that do improve some aspects of battery life, such as smarter hibernation modes that override applications that want to keep running, and simpler options for choosing a power management setting. But laptop users who spent extra money on powerful laptops to handle the graphics requirements of Vista and the Aero interface are forced to run the aesthetic equivalent of Vista Basic, the low-cost version of Vista, if they care about battery life.
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