Comments on: Guide to Buying Notebook/Laptop Computer With Long Battery Life http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/guide-to-buying-notebook-laptop-computer-with-long-battery-life/ Technology Reviews, Movies and TV Shows, Personal Finance, Politics, Environment, Books... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: mark http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/guide-to-buying-notebook-laptop-computer-with-long-battery-life/#comment-28128 mark Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:01:44 +0000 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/?p=2437#comment-28128 In response to the above posts, I was always told to let a new battery discharge completely before attempting to recharge it. That you will get the best out of the battery life. If someone knows differently please let me know. Great blog by the way. In response to the above posts, I was always told to let a new battery discharge completely before attempting to recharge it. That you will get the best out of the battery life. If someone knows differently please let me know. Great blog by the way.

]]> By: todd simpson http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/guide-to-buying-notebook-laptop-computer-with-long-battery-life/#comment-19760 todd simpson Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:25:15 +0000 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/?p=2437#comment-19760 The battery does go alot longer after a few chargers. Todd The battery does go alot longer after a few chargers.

Todd

]]> By: Michael Quinn http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/guide-to-buying-notebook-laptop-computer-with-long-battery-life/#comment-19665 Michael Quinn Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:43:44 +0000 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/?p=2437#comment-19665 I thought most manufacturers have been using a standard test for a year or so? Which includes regular conditions like wi-fi. Apple switched to it about 2 years ago - even they admitted in their Keynote that the "claimed" times would see a drop for the new models. But since then they have gone up and most "real world" tests show they are pretty close if not a little under. Was this a first up charge, or had the machine been through a few cycles? I usually find the first couple of charges seem short but then the battery goes a lot longer. <blockquote> EDITOR: These are ASUS's battery testing conditions http://eeepc.asus.com/global/computing.html . The laptop I was testing had already been tested by other people so it had gone through a few recharge cycles already.</blockquote> I thought most manufacturers have been using a standard test for a year or so? Which includes regular conditions like wi-fi.

Apple switched to it about 2 years ago – even they admitted in their Keynote that the “claimed” times would see a drop for the new models. But since then they have gone up and most “real world” tests show they are pretty close if not a little under.

Was this a first up charge, or had the machine been through a few cycles? I usually find the first couple of charges seem short but then the battery goes a lot longer.

EDITOR: These are ASUS’s battery testing conditions http://eeepc.asus.com/global/computing.html . The laptop I was testing had already been tested by other people so it had gone through a few recharge cycles already.

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