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    <link type="seealso" xref="power-batteryestimate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>

    <desc>Tweaks from the manufacturer and differing battery life estimates may be the cause of this problem.</desc>
    <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>

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<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 is 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">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.</p>
	
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