A laptop isn't much good to you if you can't use it without an extension cord. Here are six ways you can make your laptop's battery last longer.
Turn your brightness down. A bright screen can drain your battery. Turn your brightness down as low as you can manage.
Defragment your hard drive. Defragmenting your hard drive reorganizes all the files stored there so that they can be used more efficiently. The more efficiently your computer can access and activate files, the less battery power you'll use. Defragment your hard drive once a month to once a week, depending on how heavily you use your machine.
Run one program at a time. The more programs you have running, the more quickly your battery will run down. Run a single program at a time, and avoid running programs such as computer games that take up a lot of memory.
Take care of your battery. Don't leave your laptop battery exposed to extreme temperatures or direct sunlight.
Use hibernate-not standby. Standby mode still uses power. Hibernate, on the other hand, saves your system settings as they are-and then switches off the power.
Avoid using your disc drive. Your disc drive uses a lot of power. Save the information you're using on disc to your hard drive and use it from there.
Laptops are convenient and portable-but only when you can depend on them to last as long as you need. Take steps to extend your laptop's battery life, and you're less likely to run out of power when you need it.
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