Whats is the procedure to claim a laptops battery?
You have seen the claims by manufacturers that their laptop will run five, six and even eight hours on a single charge. These sound like spectacular feats that would actually allow one to use a laptop for an entire flight across the continental United States. The problem is that most of these laptops would not be able to run for that long. How can manufacturers make such claims about their laptops even though no users are able to achieve such results? This article will look into what aspects of a laptop determine how long it can run on a fully charged battery, how manufacturers achieve such high numbers and how I test laptops for real world battery. Hopefully this can help users to get a better idea of what to expect when it comes to how long they can expect a laptop to actually run when not plugged in. Any consumer who is presented by a battery life number from any company or sales person needs to take this number and modify it to get a better idea of just how much battery life they w
