robotmaker
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This tread is mostly about using WINDOWS XP IN A ROBOT and comparing it to windows 7 i see a lot of it off topic
Here is somethings i found out by testing both windows XP and windows 7
Now i have 2.4ghz dual processor with 3 gig memory and using 32 bit systems both windows 7 and windows XP and windows XP on a bench mark test shows it was much faster,now with a 64 bit windows 7 it was a lot faster.
But the windows 7 draw almost double current then windows XP THAT why if you check every professional robot over $1000 and some over $12000 like the one i am getting soon hanson ROBOKIND that just came out,none uses windows 7,robot cost more so they can easy add it,but they dont
here is a link for a free XPLITE
FREE XPLITE this is what is says about the free trail version FREE TRIAL - a free, feature rich, no-nags edition that works with both Windows XP and Windows 2000. Trial, or use for life.
i got the pro version from a friend ,but only costs $39 to buy it
here is a link to PEBUILDER TOO ,its also free
FREE pebuilder
There are loads of XP/Vista/7 customisers out there and PE builders (but BartPE really is the best - popularity doesn't lie).
Always make sure you back up before using one. They make it very easy to turn off features required for operation and can do more damage than good in many cases. I've seen people use these things and think they know what they are doing but in reality they don't.
Don't pay for the pro version, it doesn't do anything that other free software can't already do, it doesn't do anything you can't do in Windows without any extra software (it just gives a fancy GUI)
Also, it looks like Windows 8 is the most battery friendly of the Windows OS. The Windows 8 test is currently ongoing (and has been for almost 6 hours) and it's reporting an estimated battery life of around 7.5-8 hours. That's half an hour more than my optimised Windows 7 and an hour more than Windows XP. and at 25 from Microsoft store (in the UK) it's the cheapest too. Still running tests so will post up all info once they are done.
You must have a really big battery on your laptop.
Thats why i like XPLITE PRO ,easy to use very very cheap some can make a customiser for windows 7 or windows xp ,but one they sell are always the best or that person that made one would be a rich person selling his one reason like BARTPE and others not so great
The screen is set to turn off after about 2 minutes of inactivity and is very dim when it's on. ARC doesn't need a screen to run, especially if it's voice or joystick controlled. And can also be controlled remotely to save the energy the screen uses, for this reason I chose to run the tests with these settings applied (possibly a bad idea when tests last from 4 to 8 hours).
For anyone interested in just the reports I've done so far (Windows 7, Windows 7 with updates, Windows 7 with tweaks, Windows 8) I've uploaded the draft reports.
I have noticed that these tests are repairing the battery and slowly getting it back to it's original capacity so I will need to calculate the mWh from the information it's logged and base results on that, not on the time the test lasted.
Draft Reports
I still have Windows 8 tweaked, Windows XP & Windows XP tweaked to run the tests on and the tutorial of how to tweak Windows to get the most out of the battery, that'll all come shortly.
i know why windows 7 64-bit uses more power bec it enables the processor to use the 64-bit archtecture which is double the processor power also win xp is faster using 32-bit cause it is based on 32-bit commands
It isn't necessarily the case that it'll use double the power to perform a task using 64bit over 32bit.