Which laptops have the best battery life?
ones designed expressly for extended battery life….. features that extend battery life are bigger batteries (obviously) smaller screens slower processors lower voltage processors less memory fewer bells and whistles / expansion facilities laptops & notebooks are a compromise between performance and portability and usage. you can extend battery life by turing off features you dont need (say bluetooth, wirelss networks, hard discs, any interface equipment you are not using (PCMIA, external ports), turn off sound, reduce backlight to as low as possible without sacrificing usability if you are getting truely scabby battery life then the battery pack may need refreshing / replacing.. if its an old laptop using NiCad or NimH then its almost certainly atrocious… modern laptops use Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteroes.. but these do loose power over time.. the vast majority of people use a laptop/notebooks as a mobile desktop (ie they move to somewhere and plug it in). relatively few people use
