BAPCo Releases Battery-Life Benchmark Based on Real- World Applications of Windows 95 Notebook Computers.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Ca.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 1997--The Business Applications Performance Corp. (BAPCo) announces SYSmark32 for Battery Life, the first benchmark that uses real-world Windows 95 applications to measure battery-life performance for notebook computers. BAPCo, a non-profit corporation comprising leaders in the PC industry, develops objective performance benchmarks based on popular business computing applications and industry-standard operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . "SYSmark32 for Battery Life brings BAPCo's proven battery life benchmarking methodology to the Windows 95 environment," says John Sammons, BAPCo president. "For the first time, resellers, testing labs, and large-scale buyers can measure battery performance for notebooks based on how the average user runs popular Windows 95 applications. OEMs can use the benchmark as a tool to improve battery life." The SYSmark32 for Battery Life performance metric, BATTmark95, is a normalized number A real number is called normalized, if it is in the form: Workloads for SYSmark32 for Battery Life were developed based on BAPCo's standardized practice of surveying users to determine how they perform their everyday work. The benchmark scripts include built-in delays that account for typing time and "think time" -- the time a user might actually spend looking at the data or scrolling menus before executing a task. A 20-minute idle period at the end of the first application loop simulates a user's time away from the computer to handle other work or an incoming phone call. Two other features contribute to SYSmark32 for Battery Life's ability to accurately reflect real-world performance. A photocell photocell: see photoelectric cell. photocell or photoelectric cell or electric eye Solid-state device with a photosensitive cathode that emits electrons when illuminated and an anode for collecting the emitted electrons. sensor monitors the intensity of light on the computer's screen and detects whether a human eye will be capable of reading the display during the benchmark run time. To allow the benchmark to run unattended, an actuator device presses keys when the application script is processing commands that normally involve keyboard activity. SYSmark32 for Battery Life scripts life scripts, n.pl autobiographies that provide maps for psychothera-peutic or hypnotherapeutic work. use the following popular applications: WORD PROCESSING Microsoft Word 7.0 Lotus WordPro '96 SPREADSHEET Microsoft Excel 7.0 DATABASE Borland Paradox 7.0 DESKTOP PRESENTATION Microsoft PowerPoint 7.0 PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER Microsoft Schedule+ GAME FreeCell (32-bit version) The complete SYSmark32 for Battery Life Version 1 package - including the software on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , the photocell sensor, the keyboard actuator, and all necessary peripherals -- is available for $995 for notebook computers running Windows 95. Owners of SYSmark for Battery Life (for Windows 3.1 and 3.11) licenses can upgrade to SYSmark32 for Battery Life for $99. The benchmark was developed and is fully supported by the current BAPCo membership, which includes: AER Energy Resources, Amdahl, Apricot Computers, AT&T Global Information Solutions, Client/Server Labs LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Compaq, Dell, Digital Equipment Corp., Duracell, EMAP EMAP Emergency Management Accreditation Program EMAP Electronic Materials and Packaging EMAP Electronic Mapping EMAP Environmental Mapping and Assessment Program EMAP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Programme Computing Labs, Gateway2000, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , InfoWorld, Intel, Lotus, Microsoft, Motorola, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Technologies, Texas Instruments, Unisys and Ziff-Davis Labs. SYSmark32 for Battery Life and other BAPCo products can be ordered by calling 1-800-3210457 or 408-988-7654, or via the World Wide Web: <http://www.bapco.com>. CONTACT: Cramblitt & Company Bob Cramblitt, 919/481-4599 cramco@interpath.com BAPCo John Peterson, Paul Staricco, 408/988-7654 |
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