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Guy Macon
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cs_posting wrote:
three hours, and have yet to have the battery run down on
me. Of course I turn off all peripherals that I am not
using to conserve battery life. In the BIOS you can turn
off the USB ports, Ethernet LAN, Audio, Wireless LAN,
Webcam, Speaker, and Card Reader. I keep a 16GB SD card
in the cardreader at all times and use the USB to back up
my data, but the other peripherals are turned off. And,
of course, I could get an airline power adapter and an
auto power adapter.
Some of the Overseas/Surf models are reported to have a
4400mAh battery, while mine has a 5200mAh that is the same
physical size. There is a 10400mAh battery (Quite a bit
larger; see http://www.monomobile.jp/eeexxl/ for a picture)
that I see advertised on eBay, or you can always keep a
second charged battery in your laptop bag. Given the
potential for fires, I personally only use OEM batteries.
so I am waiting until Asus starts shipping the 7800mAh
OEM battery (See http://eeepc.asus.com/global/battery.htm ).
Another possibility that I haven't looked into is to
underclock the Eee further than Asus is already
underclocking it. I have seen info on overclocking a Eee,
but haven't paid much attention. If anyone here has
underclocked one, please share the details.
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I use it on airplanes and in airports and have gone overJoerg wrote:
It would be, _if_ the battery runtime up to par. But it ain't.
The degree to which this is an issue really depends on your usage
pattern.
Myself, when away from home I tend to turn the thing on for 15-20
minutes max of checking things online.
If I'm going to be using it for hours, I'm somewhere comfortable
already, so I plug it in.
If I were a frequent flier, had regular long train trips that
weren't on a city subway, etc then I might be using it for
longer periods on battery, and the battery endurance might be
an issue.
three hours, and have yet to have the battery run down on
me. Of course I turn off all peripherals that I am not
using to conserve battery life. In the BIOS you can turn
off the USB ports, Ethernet LAN, Audio, Wireless LAN,
Webcam, Speaker, and Card Reader. I keep a 16GB SD card
in the cardreader at all times and use the USB to back up
my data, but the other peripherals are turned off. And,
of course, I could get an airline power adapter and an
auto power adapter.
Some of the Overseas/Surf models are reported to have a
4400mAh battery, while mine has a 5200mAh that is the same
physical size. There is a 10400mAh battery (Quite a bit
larger; see http://www.monomobile.jp/eeexxl/ for a picture)
that I see advertised on eBay, or you can always keep a
second charged battery in your laptop bag. Given the
potential for fires, I personally only use OEM batteries.
so I am waiting until Asus starts shipping the 7800mAh
OEM battery (See http://eeepc.asus.com/global/battery.htm ).
Another possibility that I haven't looked into is to
underclock the Eee further than Asus is already
underclocking it. I have seen info on overclocking a Eee,
but haven't paid much attention. If anyone here has
underclocked one, please share the details.
--
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