http://www.justlaptopbattery.com Laptop Power Blog Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:00:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the battery being such an integral component of a notebook computer, the cost of the laptop battery can have a noticeable effect on the cost of the entire notebook. Reuters reports that Dell announced this week that there was a shortage of laptop batteries because in part of a fire ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/news/hp-and-dell-laptop-battery-shortages/ There are many ways to go about buying laptops now-a-days. Pretty much what this means is that many different people buy used laptops. Whenever you go to buy a used laptop, one of the main things that you are going to worry about is the quality of the battery. Testing ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/tips/testing-laptop-batteries-and-the-reasons-for-it/ LG Electronics has offered free replacement batteries after two users claimed that their notebook PCs exploded. Despite the recall offer, LG has so far described the incidents as "isolated ". The partial recall applies to batteries manufactured by LG Chemical for two recent laptop models, the LG Z1 and LG ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/news/lg-to-replace-laptop-batteries/ Mitch Bartlett has written in several times before with tips and tricks. They are always excellent advice. This time, he is giving me a few pointers about extending the life of my battery in my laptop. I wanted to share these with you. http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/tips/how-to-increase-the-life-of-your-notebook-battery/ Whenever you get a laptop one of the first things you want to know is how good is the laptop batteries that it has. Well unless you buy a real top-of-the-line laptop, the battery is probably not going to be that great. Of course worry not, because you can buy ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/tips/the-many-different-laptop-batteries/ A whole desktop computer is equivalent to a laptop and I suppose the reason why laptops are preferred instead of desktop computers is because of their mobility which is only possible through laptop batteries. The portable machine can be moved around from one place to another without going through any ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/tips/basic-tips-before-purchasing-laptop-batteries/ Laptop PCs need longer battery life. I used a flash-disk based laptop for much of the ’90s and loved its 10-hour laptop battery life. You just have so much more freedom when you don’t need to worry about keeping a laptop battery charged. I’ve been very interested in how flash drives ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/tips/flash-disks-increase-laptop-battery-life/ We intentionally created conditions in which the Li-ON battery pack would explode inside a generic portable. The results are dramatic. There are numerous conditions where these fires can occur in real life. Faulty battery packs (driving the recalls), faulty protection circuits inside the PC, exposure to excessive heat, and blunt ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/news/notebook-battery-fire-at-pc-pitstop/ While the portability of laptops is the main reason they’ve grown increasingly popular, that portability comes a price, namely rechargeable batteries. Not only do these batteries limit how long you can use the computer away from a power outlet, they gradually lose their ability to hold a charge. Battery Health Monitor: ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/tips/apple-notebook-battery-monitoring/ Wow! It's Wednesday's IT Blogwatch: in which we're really, really excited about a notebook battery that lasts 30 years. Not to mention an awful, awful performance from Commander Riker hawking enterprise IT automation software... A breathless Next Energy News reports: Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts ... http://www.justlaptopbattery.com/news/30-year-laptop-battery-life-yeah-right/