{"id":251,"date":"2017-03-21T19:37:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T19:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-care\/?p=251"},"modified":"2017-03-21T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T19:37:48","slug":"top-5-ways-to-squeeze-more-battery-out-of-your-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-care\/top-5-ways-to-squeeze-more-battery-out-of-your-laptop.htm","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 ways to squeeze more battery out of your laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"
We\u2019ve all been there: you\u2019re in the middle of something on your laptop and you get the warning to back up your information because it\u2019s about to run out of juice. To reduce the odds of that happening, take heed to these simple tips.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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\nIt has happened to many a traveler: you\u2019re onboard a flight from, say, Vancouver to Montreal, with plans to finish the stack of work tucked into your laptop case.<\/p>\n

After all, an airplane is often a great place to be productive, thanks to the absence of nagging colleagues, email and ringing phones \u2014 providing, of course, the battery technology<\/a> you need is in working order at 30,000 feet.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, you barely make it over Edmonton before your computer warns you it\u2019s about to \u201chibernate\u201d as you\u2019re battery power<\/a> is at just five percent. Now how exactly do you plan to finish that sales report before you land?<\/p>\n

Unless the airline you fly has AC power<\/a> in the seat, you\u2019re S.O.L.<\/p>\n

Energy management has been a problem since the earliest days of mobile computing. Thanks to more powerful batteries<\/a> and processors with better energy management, it\u2019s getting better all the time, though there\u2019s still no magic-bullet solution.<\/p>\n

But there are some things you can do aside from lugging a spare laptop battery<\/a>. The following are a few tips for squeezing more juice out of your laptop:<\/p>\n

1. Turn down the brightness of your monitor a great deal as it will help preserve battery life<\/a>. This can usually be found on your laptop\u2019s secondary keyboard commands (such as blue icons that look like little suns) and then manually reducing the brightness. When you\u2019re near an electrical outlet again \u2014 at home, the office or in a hotel \u2013 then crank the brightness back up, if you like. If you\u2019re shopping for a new laptop, keep in mind the bigger the laptop screen the faster the battery drain, in most cases.<\/p>\n

2. The Asus A32-F3 Laptop Battery<\/a>\u00a0will drain faster if there\u2019s a spinning disc in your optical drive such as a game, music CD or DVD movie. Some games offer you the choice to install it all to the hard drive so choose this option as you\u2019ll get more life out of your laptop. Same with music and movies \u2013 copy your favourite tunes to the hard drive instead of spinning the CD or use the \u201cDigital Copy\u201d option on the last Blu-ray or DVD flick you purchased. Needless-to-say, your laptop computer battery<\/a> will last much longer in programs with little drain on system resources, such as a word processor.<\/p>\n

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3. Make sure you have no devices plugged into the laptop that can be draining its power, such as a webcam, USB thumbstick or headphones. Connected peripherals can be a factor in eating away at its battery life, so get used to the touchpad instead of using an external mouse when you\u2019re away from an electrical outlet. Ditto for enabling wireless connectivity, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so be sure these radios are turned off when you don\u2019t need them (they should be turned off in an airplane, anyway!).<\/p>\n

4. Windows users can also click on Power Options in the Control Panel to manually reduce the power consumption of your laptop. Some may turn off your monitor when not in use for, say, 3 minutes, but will turn on instantly again when a key is touched. Also, you can also set alarms when the battery is about to die (say, at 5 percent) so you can safely save your information before powering down. Also, per above, if you\u2019re in the market for a new laptop, be sure to choose a processor that does well on energy management (do your research) like the Intel Core family.<\/p>\n

5. While not cheap, you might want to consider a better (or second) battery than the one that shipped with your PC. For example, HP<\/a><\/strong> laptops typically ship with a regular 6-cell laptop battery<\/a> that can deliver up to four or so hours of battery life, depending on the application. But you can choose to buy an 9-cell battery that can last up to 10 hours on a single charge or a 12-cell Smart Lithium-Ion Ultra-Capacity battery<\/a> \u2013 for just under 16 hours of battery life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tags: laptop batteries<\/a>, laptop battery life<\/a>, extend battery life<\/a>, battery, laptop computer, Dell Latitude D620 Battery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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