So, for you laptop buyers out there, this will be great news. Yes, AMD did something awesome (though not altruistic, I'm sure), and opened the blinds to the world of testing laptop batteries. That laptop you bought isn't actually useful for the number of hours it states. The laptop manufacturers turn down the brightness to the screens most of the way (though I do too when I'm unplugged) and let the computer idle for as long as they can, and also leave the wireless off. I mean, really?!?!? If you're not programming, then laptops these days are basically just portals to the Tubes. Now, here come the lawsuits.
I'm hoping this leads to better laptop power. They could certainly stand to consume less, at least. Hopefully, also, laptop vendors will not want to post things like "Hey! This laptop is only good for about fifty minutes!" That actually happened to me once. Remember the Dell Inspiron 9100, which was about the size of a small Mac truck? Well (and this is no surprise), it ate the battery it came with.
Consumer WIN!
Friday, July 3, 2009
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