Any tips to extend battery life under 'Bootcamped' Win 7
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I have a late 2008 MacBook and have recently installed Windows 7 via Bootcamp. Under OSX I can get about 4 hours of web browsing and general usage but under 7 that is slashed to about 2 hours. I know it's not a 'Windows being rubbish thing' but is there any settings I can change or updated drivers …
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I don't have any experience on running windows on mac, but battery also drops quickly on OSX if you use programs that consume CPU. So, what I would do in your place is check for programs with low CPU usage. For instance, Safari on the mac does that.…
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