Everyone is concerned about the battery life of their laptops. If you don’t take proper care of your laptop’s battery, you may have to charge the laptop after every 30-40 minutes. I have a friend who didn’t took proper care of his laptop and now his laptop can work less then 20 minutes without the charger plugged in and as a result he had to get a new battery.

Remember these 3 tips the next time you travel:

1.

Disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Few airplanes offer Wi-Fi (yet), so turn off your notebook’s power-sucking Wi-Fi radio. Same goes for Bluetooth.

2.

Drop the screen brightness. You can afford to keep screen brightness cranked up when your notebook is plugged into an outlet, but not when you’re flying coach. Drop the brightness setting a few notches, then get back to work. Chances are you’ll hardly notice the difference. Then drop it a few more notches. The lower, the better.

3.

Watch downloads, not DVDs. Notebooks are great for watching movies, but DVD drives consume a considerable amount of power. Therefore, leave the DVDs behind and choose digital downloads instead. Stock your hard drive with movies from Amazon or iTunes and you’ll be able to watch longer. Don’t want to pay for movies you already own? Use a tool like Hand brake to rip your DVDs, creating MPEG-4 files you can store on your hard drive.

You can use Laptop Battery Doubler to improve battery efficiency.

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