Re: Buy a speare battery. in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r16316827 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:01:30 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:01:30 EDT Re: Buy a speare battery. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16316827 Joe12345678 : in till they start using vista and that sucks them down real fast.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16316827 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:45:45 EDT Re: Buy a speare battery. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16314379 fireflier : You'd think so, but it's not as prevalent as that. I had a Toshiba notebook that would do 5 hours fully functional no problem. I've got a Sony VAIO that will do 4-5 with some minor peripheral disabling (and it has a small battery).

I have a Gateway notebook at work that will do 5+ hours easily. That notebook is Centrino-based and does a fine job even with some apps I run that require pretty heavy CPU utilization. I specifically requested that model when it was ordered because of Centrino and the fact that it's a notebook and intended to be taken places without power outlets. Funny thing though--most people in the company who got notebooks ordered the wide screen P4 based heavier bigger model that gets maybe 2 hours battery life--and they don't even use them for the intensive apps I use my centrino system for. They're used for spreadsheets and email!

So unfortunately while the technology exists to get good battery life, most people are woefully ill-informed to make educated decisions to buy them. They just want "what everyone else has" and the one that has the big pretty wide-screen so they can watch movies. They fail to see the irony that they're buying a portable computer which for all practical purposes isn't portable because it's always got to be around a power source. :uhh:
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said by chemaupr See Profile :

Newer laptop batteries are good enough to last you thru a whole 2hr movies and more... just buy an additional battery. It will probably cost the same that a new charger ...
Keeping laptops from plugging in is a good incentive for laptop manufacturers to push for better battery capabilities so that a laptop can run for 8 hrs without recharging. And the 1st companies that can come out with these at an affordable price will start to cleanup on sales to corporate warriors flying around the country.
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