Comments on: Life-Work Balance Tip: Laptop Battery Life

By: dcr

dcr — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:18:47 +0000

Many times, sleepiness trumps will power.

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:12:29 +0000

My laptop has a travel battery attached so I get up to eight hours of battery life before it will kick the bucket. Unfortunately, that’s enough time to get totally worn out.

To add to Bernie’s point, you have to have the will power to walk away when you plug it in to charge.

By: dcr

dcr — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:24:17 +0000

I keep mine plugged in most of the time. I think mine has a 4-6 hour life, but if you do graphic-intensive stuff, like with Photoshop, it gets much shorter.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:13:29 +0000

There’s always the part about plugging it back in the wall, and using it through external power though!

And got dang, that 22h laptop must have a BIG battery!