To be fair, I'm sure that other manufacturer's, including iPod, use optimal conditions when testing their battery life. Apple is careful to state "up to" xx hours on their specs page, and actual battery usage in the real world is much lower. Microsoft is also doing that, and to their credit is detailing the conditions they used when testing the maximum battery life. As the carmakers say, your actual mileage may vary.
I don't think the 'serious' companies, I mean the ones with a serious image, put the test through optimal conditions. They wouldn't want people to start believing they are trying to bluff them, this would be the worst thing to do for their reputation. They however probably add a tiny bit to the real tested autonomy of the batteries to make it sound a tad more interesting.
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frabgod @ Oct 21st 2006 2:29AM
To be fair, I'm sure that other manufacturer's, including iPod, use optimal conditions when testing their battery life. Apple is careful to state "up to" xx hours on their specs page, and actual battery usage in the real world is much lower.
Microsoft is also doing that, and to their credit is detailing the conditions they used when testing the maximum battery life.
As the carmakers say, your actual mileage may vary.
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z @ Oct 21st 2006 11:34AM
I don't think the 'serious' companies, I mean the ones with a serious image, put the test through optimal conditions. They wouldn't want people to start believing they are trying to bluff them, this would be the worst thing to do for their reputation. They however probably add a tiny bit to the real tested autonomy of the batteries to make it sound a tad more interesting.