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Does Vista hurt my macbook pro's battery?

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charlzc123

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I wanted to install vista on to my macbook pro ,but I don't know if vista is going to hurt my.battery by overcharge it or it's going to be fine?
 
The battery is independent of any operating system. Just like your OS can't affect whether or not your computer will turn on, it can't affect how your battery will charge.

Vista will hurt your computer in other ways, however...
 
My friend had a Mac Pro that ran fine for years... his wife got him to install Windows Vista on it and the logic board died shortly after. True story. I bought some of the parts from him after it died.
 
quantum003 said:
My friend had a Mac Pro that ran fine for years... his wife got him to install Windows Vista on it and the logic board died shortly after. True story. I bought some of the parts from him after it died.
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Unlike the host of other macs that just have logic board failure without needing help from Windows Vista?
 
Well..

If you have an 9600m GT in your MBP, then it will be always used under Vista. So, shorter battery life, and therefore more charge cycles, and it will reduce your battery capacity faster.
 
In terms of the amount of time you can be on battery yes you will see a difference, Windows just isn't as efficient as OS X (at least on MacBooks do I detect foul play maybe). But in terms of overcharge, you have nothing to worry about that system is completely independent of the operating system gods.;)
 
prodigee said:
In terms of the amount of time you can be on battery yes you will see a difference, Windows just isn't as efficient as OS X (at least on MacBooks do I detect foul play maybe). But in terms of overcharge, you have nothing to worry about that system is completely independent of the operating system gods.;)
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What about charge rate? I notice that I can recharge my battery within 2 hours from 0-100% in Vista while it takes close to 3-4 hours in OSX.
 
Vista has different ways of managing the way the battery charges vs. OS X, I can't remember where I read it but there are quite a few articles out there that say the very same thing, the only thing really that chip on the battery does is, control the overcharge and other small things that we would never think of (unless we were battery engineers).

Vista I know does a much faster charge than OS X as it does a fill up fast then drop the charge rate right off near 90-95% to a much slower pace, where as OS X just does an even charge right the way through. Although I have completely drained my battery a few times (for calibration) and I have never had a charge take longer than 2.5 hours, and this is in OS X.

However I am not an expert in this field, but I do know what I am saying is supported and somewhere out there on the internet there is someone who is saying what I am saying. It is quite interesting, I would do a google to see what you can find.
 
prodigee said:
Vista has different ways of managing the way the battery charges vs. OS X, I can't remember where I read it but there are quite a few articles out there that say the very same thing, the only thing really that chip on the battery does is, control the overcharge and other small things that we would never think of (unless we were battery engineers).

Vista I know does a much faster charge than OS X as it does a fill up fast then drop the charge rate right off near 90-95% to a much slower pace, where as OS X just does an even charge right the way through. Although I have completely drained my battery a few times (for calibration) and I have never had a charge take longer than 2.5 hours, and this is in OS X.

However I am not an expert in this field, but I do know what I am saying is supported and somewhere out there on the internet there is someone who is saying what I am saying. It is quite interesting, I would do a google to see what you can find.
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I will say that Vista 32 Ultimate does SAY that it charges my battery faster...it's most likely in error in reporting, but I could easily see how people would suspect that Vista is up to no good...

why didn't a get a "Are you really sure you wanna charge your battery" Dialogue box from Windows when I plug in?
 
Vista can...

In my opinion, Vista can hurt the battery. Vista will not have the same power management options that OS X has and therefore will probably drain more life more of the time. This in turn can lead to having more cycles sucked out of your battery...
 
charlzc123 said:
I wanted to install vista on to my macbook pro ,but I don't know if vista is going to hurt my.battery by overcharge it or it's going to be fine?
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I'm going to give you advice that isn't just a dig at Microsoft or Windows. I installed Windows 7 primarily to use 3ds max 2010 on my macbook pro, i find Windows 7 drains the battery life a lot more and to be honest i prefer Mac OS X anyway. I have been using Windows OS's for the last 10 years (probably longer) and i've always loved it, my advice is, install windows if you need it for software compatibility reasons. If not, don't bother. :apple:
 
MrPeanut said:
I'm going to give you advice that isn't just a dig at Microsoft or Windows. I installed Windows 7 primarily to use 3ds max 2010 on my macbook pro, i find Windows 7 drains the battery life a lot more and to be honest i prefer Mac OS X anyway. I have been using Windows OS's for the last 10 years (probably longer) and i've always loved it, my advice is, install windows if you need it for software compatibility reasons. If not, don't bother. :apple:
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maybe it's draining your battery life because you are using 3D Max no?
 
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