6. Benchmarks Under Windows XP

As usual, we used a mix of synthetic and real benchmarks for the test.

We conduct the battery-life measurements under three different sets of conditions in order to accurately reflect typical user behavior. In the first scenario, we let a presentation run in a repeating loop. This roughly corresponds to the usage behavior of a traveling salesperson who makes frequent customer presentations. Anyone who's on the road a lot might occasionally seek some entertainment in the form of watching a DVD in a hotel or airport lounge. In that case, it's good to have a mobile PC with decent battery life on hand. The last task is for all the gamers out there. Here, a demo version of a game provides our test scenario. The demo is repeated until all the juice is gone.