How to Make Your Notebook Battery Last Longer
Battery life is getting better on most new laptops with double digits, or at least 8 hours, becoming the new standard to be judged for portables and netbooks. But what if your notebook only has 2-4 hours of battery life? We’ve rounded up a few tips to stretch your battery life and make it a [...]
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Rene Haas is the General Manager of Notebooks at NVIDIA
In the past, consumers were forced to prioritize notebook performance or battery life, as one feature typically suffers significantly in order to accommodate the other. You could have long battery life from an underpowered notebook, or all the GPU power you desired from a notebook without [...]
Microsoft Investigating Windows 7 Battery Problems
Windows 7 has been a pretty big success for Microsoft with more than 60 million copies sold already, but a battery problem could put a damper on the Windows 7 fanfare. According to reports on Microsoft’s forum, and others, after installing Windows 7 a good number of users are reporting that their battery life has [...]
Read MoreHP Mini 311 Review Roundup
The HP Mini 311 is one of the first netbooks out that really blurs the line between netbook and full featured notebook, thanks to its NVIDIA ION GPU. That’s not all, with an impressive screen and new features coming with Windows 7 and Flash 10.1 the Mini 311 may actually be a netbook with enough power to be the primary PC for average users.
We’ve gathered up the HP Mini 311 reviews and hands on experiences to give you a good look at what you can expect from the little powerhouse.
Read MoreHP Mini Extended 6-Cell Battery Now Shipping, On Sale for $96
The 6-cell extended battery for the HP Mini 1000 is shipping and on sales for $95.99 after a $24 discount. The Mini 1000 is one of my favorite netbooks, but its standard 3-cell battery just isn’t enough for a lot of people. The 6-cell battery doubles the time you can work on the Mini 1000 on a single charge.
How Valuable Are Smartphone Battery Life Figures?
I do a lot of hands-on research on smartphones. I do this for two reasons. First, I believe they are fast becoming one of the prevalent cloud clients, and second, they are fast becoming a popular device to consume video. AMD obviously is involved in building the cloud with the AMD Opteron Processors but also conversion to make a video smartphone-friendly can take a tremendous amount of compute power, and ATI Radeon HD 4800 series graphics and AMD Phenom II X4 processors do those conversions quite well.
D300 False Low-Battery Warnings=Worthless DSLR…Thanks a lot Nikon
I bought a Nikon D300 just after Thanksgiving and was initially overjoyed with its performance. But my excitement waned after bringing it out to CES 2008 and experiencing false low battery warnings and other issues that rendered the camera useless.
