Notebook

Notebooks/Laptops have gone a long way and are, today, very close to completely replacing desktop computers for everyday applications. Today's notebooks come mostly with dual core power and very efficient 3d graphic chips with dedicated video RAM.

Easy laptop battery saving tips

The below article gives a few quick hints on how to make your notebook battery last longer than usual. Other than that, you can try to
- dim the brightness of your display if you don't need a very bright one
- disable certain hardware, eg. infrared devices
- underclock your CPU if supported
- use regular LAN instead of WLAN if available
- Don't run external hardware you do not need, eg. external hard disks, mice, keyboard, printers etc.
- Disable any programs which constantly use CPU power
- Disable any bright desktop background wallpapers

Source: Techi Warehouse: Battery Saving Tips (2006-06-30 22:41:58)

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