Laptop Power Management and Operating Systems
Do different operating systems play a major role in a laptop's battery usage?
Monday I got my new-to-me IBM Thinkpad A22m and right away put Windows 2003 Server on it and set it up as a workstation. I'd wanted to use Win2k3 because I had it on my desktop for a while and found it very stable, good memory management, and IIS6 right there. Also, wanted it so my development environment is the same as my server's environment (no biggie though).
The battery on the not-so-new laptop has been not-so-hot. The system is only 2 years old, but the battery hasn't been maintained too well and fully discharges in about 1.5 hours. What I'm curious about is if the battery would perform better in WinXP Pro as opposed to Win2k3, even though I have all the APM drivers installed and setup.