Having a laptop is handy especially when you are on the move. It’s a difficult to lose power while working on some important stuff. It’s also embarrassing when it happens in the middle of a meeting presentation. In my experience even 6 cell battery packs last for only like 2.5 hours at most in normal use. I am lucky that my laptop have a spare 3 cell battery but even with that I don’t rely on it too much.

Let me share some five (5) of the common battery power saving tips I use:

1. Avoid using CD/DVD drives.
2. Minimize the use of external devices.
3. Set the laptop to hibernate mode when not active.
4. Adjust screen brightness to dim.
5. Set the Laptop to use power saving scheme.

You can read more on how to save laptop battery power when on the move from Friedbeef’s Tech and Microsoft at Work. You might not notice it’s importance until you end up into one of those crucial moments. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.