Aero & laptop battery drain - experiences?

> Aero does have an impact on battery life, I've not done any tests but in
> my case it might be around the 20-30 minute mark.
>
> So when I'm away from a power socket I turn Aero off, and when I've got
> access to power I turn it on.
>
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> Paul Smith,
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> "Bren" <bren@coffeetime.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> I'm currently running Vista Home Basic on a Dell D620 laptop, with the
>> Vista
>> Basic visual theme. So far I've been quite impressed with Vista's power
>> management features and am quite happy.
>>
>> I'm on the verge of doing an Anytime Upgrade to Home Premium, primarily
>> for
>> Aero but also for some of the extra Mobility, DVD playback features etc.
>>
>> Looking around the web there are quite a few articles and comments
>> relating
>> to Aero and it draining battery power relative to both XP and the Vista
>> Basic theme. However just about all of these articles relate to the betas
>> of
>> the OS, and all cite the same source for their evidence.
>>
>> Just wanting to ask what peoples experience with Aero & battery drain is
>> with the final release of Vista, and has deactivating Aero made any
>> difference?

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