I did some googling, and now I really do have some new information :) it's still inconclusive, though, so don't bother reading the rest of this if you have something better to do. :P
it seems HP removed time estimation from vista[1]. there are people on the interwebs upset about this, naturally, and writing alternative battery monitors. there's one report that the feature was actually removed from hardware[2] (huh?) and another report that linux can estimate the time just fine[3] (ahh, interwebs, you have all the answers! both yes and no to every possible question!) one person was ticked off enough to return his laptop and buy a dell[3]. of course, this doesn't tell us how many people might be out there thinking "finally, the computer isn't making up numbers!" there seem to be plenty of papers on battery time estimation, but I couldn't find any on the wisdom of showing or not showing such estimates. so, we do know that there exist people who want a battery estimate, and products available for windows to satisfy them. we don't know what the rest of the HP users think of their lack of battery estimate. just to confuse the issue more - how someone says they feel about something might not even be right. you'd have to actually observe their behaviour as the battery gets low if you want to know how they really react. :P maybe they think they care but they don't act like it; maybe they think they don't care but they get all stressed out. also, now I want a plasmoid like this: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-level-indicator-now/id323395912?mt=8 and if you're extra bored, there's an interesting paper on battery life estimation: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:eCID4OGF_8wJ:esdat.ucsd.edu/~dpani/esdat/battery/battery_vlsi01.pdf+battery+time+estimate&hl=en&sig=AHIEtbRTaLTbECIJIiFCde7kG7SHpUPUYQ&pli=1 1: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19265433-HP-dv6500t-laptop-battery-meter- doesnt-show-time-estimate 2: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=440400 3: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en- US/tabletandtouch/thread/7e0d4456-8073-44ed-bdef-755a03aa88d2 -- This message brought to you by eevil bananas and the number 3. www.chani3.com
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