IE8 = Longer Battery Life on Laptops?

[tektek]

Hey its all about options right? Take what u want.. leave what u dont.. so far I've been ok with IE..

Article is interesting.. thank the author and move on.. hate posts makes this dumb.. if u want to comment then try to bring something technical to the table.

 

[Guest]

Imagine a browser that the entire web was designed to run on giving you more batter life. Now imaging a product you like better that gets less battery life and that doesn't always work so you have to use the product that works all the time. Only a fanboy would still trash out the one that just works.

So why are all you fanboys being so harsh on the IE? So you prefer to use FF, UNTIL it just don't load the page right and you have to go IE. And Chrome and Safari are both big giant jokes.

Safari will never be anything. Apple can't build an operating system to save their life. When the one they have is obsolete, they will just grab something opensource and rename and sell it with flashy advertising (kudos to them).

 

[Regulas]

Ban Flash Adverts

 

[Supertrek32]

I don't think a test like this could be very accurate. The only way it could be is if they set up fixed webservers/pages. Browsing the internet normally, you'll run into different ads, even on the same sight. If one browser had bad luck and kept getting animated flash videos while the other got simple banners, it would make a huge difference. I'd like to know the details of the test before drawing any conclusions.

 

[pender21]

Ya Firefox + ABP is great.

Safari 4 is trying to be too much like iTunes, though I respect webkit very much.

 

[tipoo]

[citation][nom]koga73[/nom]lol. The only reason IE uses less battery power is because it uses less processing power because it is the SLOWEST of all the browsers. Simple.[/citation]

That would make sence, but by that course of logic Safari would be the fastest of them, which no one here seems to be willing to admit 😛

 

[cjl]

[citation][nom]tipoo[/nom]That would make sence, but by that course of logic Safari would be the fastest of them, which no one here seems to be willing to admit 😛[/citation]
I don't care how fast safari is - pages load fast enough in my current browser (FF+adblock), and I'm not willing to give up half an hour of battery for a few tenths of a second of gain when loading pages. Similarly, I won't switch to IE for a 3-4 min battery gain.

Oh, and I wouldn't think that Safari being the fastest (which is quite debatable) is not the main reason - poor coding is the likely reason for it to hog so many resources (seriously, half an hour less battery than FF without adblock is pretty ridiculous).

 

[Andraxxus]

^ With the power of thought.

 

[geoffs]

Stop the presses, or at least the rumors. Anandtech has now questioned their own tests as they are seeing too much variation on some subsequent tests for another article.
http://anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3642

That doesn't mean the original results are incorrect, only that it's not a reliable test.

I still won't be using IE8 for anything other than WindowsUpdate, but that's another story.