Comments on: Extending Your Laptop's Battery Life–Revisited

By: Michaelc

Michaelc — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:54:52 +0000

And the remaining 10% that is not on the chart is used to summon the dark mystical forces that make the other stuff work?

By: 5 Tips for Netbook Buyers

5 Tips for Netbook Buyers — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:01:09 +0000

[...] How much battery life? Battery life varies widely among netbooks, but you actually can get some units where the battery will last much longer than notebook batteries do. The new Asus Seashell line claim a whopping 11 hours of battery life. My experience with two previous Asus netbooks, though, is that I get about four hours of battery life if I’m doing tasks that don’t involve video and audio, and about 2.5 hours if I am doing video and audio. Think about the applications you use most when evaluating battery life, read reviews, and remember that you can maximize battery life if you turn the brightness down. [...]

By: Business Hacks mobile edition

Business Hacks mobile edition — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:48:45 +0000

[...] screen brightness as low as you can stand it. According to some recent Microsoft studies, the screen accounts for 43% of power consumption. The lower the brightness level, the less power you’ll [...]

By: DHEA Testosterone

DHEA Testosterone — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:41:53 +0000

That’s good i really want to increase my laptop battery life.

By: Anthony Williams

Anthony Williams — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:14:53 +0000

If you’ve got access to an external monitor, it’s worth using that. I know that in this case you’ve likely got access to a power supply too, but sometimes it’s a good idea to run on batteries even when there is AC power available. In fact, DELL customer service advised me that it is better for battery life to run your batteries down completely, and then charge them up again, rather than run off mains all the time.

By: Extending the batter life of your laptop « Jeff Friend

Extending the batter life of your laptop « Jeff Friend — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:00:50 +0000

[...] TIP: Turn down your screen brightness as low as you can handle. Read the article here [...]

By: perpetapaul

perpetapaul — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:10:12 +0000

I can tell you that if you use a cellular network card to get access to the Internet using a cellular connection, that card will eat up the battery very fast. When I am in airports and want to connect, I do connect, then disconnect to preserve battery life for the flight. Those cards eat up battery power faster than the LCD!

By: jkOnTheRun » Blog Archive Notebook Power: Where Does it All Go? «

jkOnTheRun » Blog Archive Notebook Power: Where Does it All Go? « — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:56:09 +0000

[...] buds over at WebWorkerDaily are sharing info from Microsoft engineers on power consumption in modern notebooks. Some of you are probably already aware that the display draws the most power. Did you know it was [...]

By: Niels Bom

Niels Bom — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:20:54 +0000

True.

By: jonpeltier

jonpeltier — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:17:23 +0000

In that case, there should be another wedge labeled “Other”, so there is no distortion (unintentional or otherwise) of the data in the chart.