Thanks for all the suggestions. I will look into them.One thing I noticed : if you play CD's in your CD-ROM drive, that depletes your battery like nothing else can. I normally get 2.5 hours from my laptop, but with CD's (I'm talking about music, not games) I get 1 - 1.5 hours tops.
One point, maybe a sore one. Consumers Report recommended laptops with centrino chips because they get longer battery life and fit into a smaller case. I haven't used a laptop before, so I don't have a good feel for batteries. How long can you go on one charge on the laptops you like, just doing stuff like word processing?
Joel
And, yes, IBM batteries suck ! After 1 year, the battery in my previous Thinkpad (an X240, IIRC) died, and I had to plug my laptop into a wall socket everytime I needed to boot-up.
Regards, pascal chong
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