Even removing the CD/DVD ROM drive during flight helps. I had the media bay battery that Brian mentions below and it made a huge difference.
Subsequently, I have moved to an IBM X60 and with the standard battery in "maximize battery life" mode I usual get 9 hours. Also, don't forget to turn your screen brightness down as much as possible - it makes a huge difference. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:49 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Way OT: Laptop Battery Life I have this model too. Kill the Wifi and Bluetooth for starters. Wifi is Fn+F2 I think. Next, get a media bay battery from Dell - it can give you several (up to 4) more hours in my experience. I go through batteries pretty quickly - I think I killed the media bay battery (or at met its half life) in about 6 months. A combination of desk work and being mobile does this because of the uneven discharge/charge cycles. You can either be real meticulous about taking care of the batteries or start hitting your IT department up for new ones. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noah Eiger Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:33 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Way OT: Laptop Battery Life Hi - When I travel with my standard issue Dell D600 (1.5GB RAM), I get maybe two hours out of a fully charged battery while doing standard Word, Excel, Outlook stuff. Throw in Visio or (ugh) Quickbooks and cut that time in half. Sometimes, I try to disable services that I know I will not need on the plane (does antivirus really need to autoprotect on the plane?), but I can't tell you that this actually gives me any more battery. Any recommendations for battery-life extending tricks, tools, services to disable, etc? Greatly appreciated as I head across the country for the late December boogie. Thanks. -- nme -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.16/582 - Release Date: 12/11/2006
