Chapter 10
Portable Power
In This Chapter
Understanding the laptop’s battery
Locating the battery
Monitoring battery use
Charging the battery
Using a spare battery
Working with battery warnings
Saving power
Building a power plan
Laptop manufacturers seem to have solved the issues of size and weight quite effectively over the past few decades. One issue that remains on hold, however, is that of battery power. For all laptop users, the question remains: How long can you use the thing without having to scramble desperately for a wall socket somewhere? Honestly, today’s laptop batteries should last for days, not hours.
If the laptop’s processor is the muscle, and software the brain, the ...
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