[TriLUG] hp laptop power problem

[Matias D'Ambrosio]

On 9 August 2011 17:19, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> But the new B940-based ASUS that I have on order from Best Buy supposedly
>> can go *6 hours* on a battery charge (with the WiFi turned off), with a
>> 6-cell battery.
>
> I have a brand new Dell XPS 15, a pretty beefy laptop with a quad-core
> i7 and nVidia GeForce GT 435M graphics.
>
> I get 70 minutes of battery time... 70 minutes!
>
> I suppose I can't have it both ways... but I thought that some of that
> power-hungry stuff could be shut down when it was not being used.
> Instead, when it's just sitting on the desk, it's kicking out a blast of
> warm air out the side vents (which will be nice in the winter).
>
 Some of that does turn off... unless there is something wrong with
your software. I no longer use Chromium while unplugged as it
currently doesn't let the CPU sleep, halving the battery life.

 My next laptop will be a thinkpad X220, or whatever follows it, with
a slice battery. Only charging at night, no wires all day long, sounds
nice :-)

  Matt D.