EXTEND LAPTOP BATTERY LIFE | BEST BATTERY TIPS

Kip — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:25:26 +0000

Laptop Best Battery Tips

Today laptop computers demand a lot of battery power because of the technology within them. Battery technology has come a long way sense the first laptop, however the technology inside the laptop may be more demanding than ever. Graphic cards, Hard Drives, Drivers, and complex applications all demand more power today. Here at BestBatteryTips.com you’ll find the best battery tips to extend the life of your laptop for those demanding more out of their laptop batteries.

Choose your demands wisely, Gaming while on battery power is one of the biggest power drains on your battery. This is a result of the graphics required to run the games and high processing requirements. Checking E-mail, or surfing the web requires little power.
Multi-tasking is a sure way to drain your battery quickly. Working on spread sheets while listening to music, using instant message and having your mail client running in the background will require huge amounts of power.
De fragment your laptop regularly. The faster your laptop computer is able to find and process your request for programs or information, the less power that is required to do so.
Add more ram to your laptop if applicable. Adding more ram will allow your computer to run demanding ram programs more efficiently than with just having the bare minimums required by the programs. Ram does require more battery power, however more ram is better than not enough ram in this case.
Turn off WI-FI when not in use. A Laptop is always looking for a WI-FI signal when left on, and this requires more power.
Don’t use your laptop to charge external devices while on battery power. Charging MP3 players while your laptop is on battery power is a sure way to reduce your battery life. Charge external devices with their own charging source rather than your laptop.
Programs running in the background will demand power from your battery, and reduce your battery time.
Adjusting the screen brightness on your laptop. As with the cell phones, reducing screen brightness will help your battery.
Leaving external devices plugged in requires power to power them. External hard drives if not required need to be unplugged to extend battery life.
Use your hard drive rather than the cd/dvd drive. When plugged into a outlet put programs on your hard drive, this will conserve power by preventing your laptop computer from spinning the CD/DVD drive.
Condition your laptop battery. Your laptop battery should be ran down to 10% and fully charged back up at least every 30 days.
Using Hibernate mode will save lots of power. Hibernating your laptop instead of using standby mode when applicable will help your battery go the distance.

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Laptop | Netbook | Notebook Battery Life Comparison | Part 1

Kip — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:12:05 +0000

Battery life in your Laptop is a very important buying criteria, especially if you are a very mobile user. We are gonna look at and compare 5 different notebook, laptop and or Netbook computers in this bestbatterytips.com segment.

Lenovo Thinkpad T400S

Lenovo Thinkpad T400S

This laptop we have found really packs a punch on battery life for those consumers who are looking to get the most out of long battery life. Lenovo ThinkPad T400S could stretch it self out to 6 hours of battery life. Think how productive you can be away from a power source with this Notebook. We here at bestbatterytips.com give this notebook high marks in the mobile arena.

Acer Aspire One Mini

Acer Aspire One Netbook

The Acer Spire One is a nice mini. We really wasn’t sure what to expect out of the battery life from something so small. When this netbook was loaded down it only had 1.5 hours of battery life to offer. Does that Seem like a short battery life? Well consider the size of the Acer Aspire one and you be the judge. When the Acer Aspere one’s battery life was stretched out as far as it could go it was able to squeeze out 2.5 hours.

Toshiba Satellite L505

Toshiba Satellite L505

Everybody knows that Toshiba makes some great quality laptops and or notebooks. The Toshiba Satellite is just another excellent display of a quality Notebook with some great features. We were surprised however that this Toshiba model was producing roughly 2.5 hours of battery life under loaded conditions. This model does fall under the average battery life of a Laptop computer.

HP Mini 311 Netbook

Hp Mini 311 Netbook

The HP Mini 311 Netbook surprised us to say the least. This little power house was able to go 5 1/2 hours! This Netbook had no problem surfing the web over a wifi connection for extended periods of time. We take our hats off to this display of power. HP did a excellent job offering the consumer a long duration of working capabilities.

ASUS UL50

ASUS UL50

Asus made sure they were thinking about battery life when they designed this Notebook. The ASUS UL50 had no problem going 5 hours while watching video on this model. Once again we were impressed with the ability of going mobile with this Notebook.

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EXTEND LAPTOP BATTERY LIFE | BEST BATTERY TIPS

Laptop | Netbook | Notebook Battery Life Comparison | Part 1