Quite a few people have written in asking me if it’s possible to turn off Aero when on battery power to save a few precious minutes of battery life. While I dispute the claim that Aero drains the battery life, there is now a utility that will automatically turn off Aero when in battery mode so you can test it for yourself.
不少人写信问我，是否有可能在打开电池电源时关闭Aero以节省几分钟的电池寿命。 尽管我对Aero会耗尽电池寿命的说法提出异议，但现在有一个实用程序会在电池模式下自动关闭Aero，以便您可以自己进行测试。
The Windows Vista Battery Saver utility will turn off Aero and/or the Windows Sidebar when on battery, or only when battery life is low. The author claims it saves 30% of your battery life, but the Windows Vista Blog says only 1-4%, so your mileage may vary.
当使用电池供电时，或仅当电池寿命很短时，Windows Vista省电工具会关闭Aero和/或Windows侧栏。 作者声称它可以节省30％的电池寿命，但是Windows Vista博客只说1-4％，因此您的行驶里程可能会有所不同。
Once installed, there’s a small icon in the system tray that will bring up the following settings dialog:
安装后，系统托盘中会出现一个小图标，它将弹出以下设置对话框：
If you are wondering why the screenshot is so blurry, it’s because the fonts on the dialog were actually blurry on my screen for some reason. (no idea why).
如果您想知道屏幕截图为何如此模糊，那是因为由于某些原因，对话框上的字体实际上在我的屏幕上模糊了。 (不知道为什么)。
Personally, this utility seems like it would be useful only for using the “Deactivate when battery level is less then …” Once your battery life is down to critical levels, it’s probably helpful to turn off anything that could cause extra processor cycles, and the sidebar is a good candidate for that.
就个人而言，此实用程序似乎仅对使用“当电池电量不足时…禁用...”有效。一旦您的电池寿命降低到临界水平，关闭可能导致额外处理器周期的所有设备可能会有所帮助，并且侧边栏是一个很好的候选人。
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