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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/power-batterywindows.page b/gnome-help/C/power-batterywindows.page index 72440ca..d3227f4 100644 --- a/gnome-help/C/power-batterywindows.page +++ b/gnome-help/C/power-batterywindows.page @@ -1,25 +1,29 @@ <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" - xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" type="topic" id="power-batterywindows"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="power#battery"/> - <desc>XXX</desc> - <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="stub"/> + <desc>Tweaks from the manufacturer and differing battery life estimates may be the cause of this problem.</desc> + <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2010-12-31" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name> <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email> </credit> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Phil Bull</name> + <email>philbull@gmail.com</email> + </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> - <title>Why do I have less battery life than I did on Windows/Mac OS?</title> - - <comment> - <cite date="2010-06-29" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list@gnome.org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite> - <p>Explain reasons why the battery life in Linux (etc) could be shorter than on other OSes. Reasons might include inaccurate battery life estimates (see power-batteryestimate), misestimates on the other OS, or optimisations on the other OS that are missing in Linux.</p> - </comment> +<title>Why do I have less battery life than I did on Windows/Mac OS?</title> + +<p>Some computers appear to have a shorter battery life when running on Linux than they do when running Windows or Mac OS. One reason for this is that computer vendors install special software for Windows/Mac OS that optimizes various hardware/software settings for a given model of computer. These tweaks are often highly specific, and may not be documented, so including them in Linux is difficult.</p> + +<p>Unfortunately, there's not an easy way of applying these tweaks yourself without knowing exactly what they are. You may find that using some <link xref="power-batterylife">simple power-saving methods</link> helps, though. If your computer has a <link xref="power-batteryslow">variable-speed processor</link>, you might find that changing its settings is also useful.</p> + +<p>Another possible reason for the discrepancy is that the method of estimating battery life is different on Windows/Mac OS than on Linux. The actual battery life could be exactly the same, but the different methods give different estimates. See <link xref="power-batteryestimate"/> for more information.</p> </page> |