Friday, May 4, 2007

Vista draining batteries, patience

Some of Microsoft's most important customers <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6181366.html?tag=nl.e622">aren't happy with the battery life</A> offered by notebooks running Windows Vista.

"It's a little scary," said John Wozniak, a distinguished technologist in Hewlett-Packard's notebook engineering department, referring to the work HP needed to do on making Windows Vista more suitable for notebooks.

Vista, while touted as having improved power management capabilities that would make it easier for users to extend battery life, isn't to some living up to that promise. The main culprit appears to be the Aero Glass interface, a spiffy new user interface that makes Vista more pleasing to the eye with transparent windows and animated transitions when moving from one application to another.

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