If using Windows 7, by installing this small application, you can always check and manage your laptop battery charge & status. Windows 7 Battery Bar is a tiny application for Windows 7 that displays the battery status in the taskbar. Although there are several free tools available to view battery status, this tool stands out [...]
Keep your laptop battery working for years and for hours between charges. Laptop batteries are like people-eventually and inevitably, they die. And like people, You can’t expect next year’s batteries to last twice as long as this year’s. Battery technology may improve a bit over time (after all, there’s plenty of financial incentive for better batteries), [...]
A common difficulty with portable equipment is the gradual decline in battery performance after the first year of service. Although fully charged, the battery eventually regresses to a point where the available energy is less than half of its original capacity. Rechargeable batteries are known to cause more concern, grief and frustration than any other [...]
Everyone needs time to recharge their batteries on occasion. But for laptops to run optimally, they need to change them. Most laptop manufacturer’s suggest swapping out your laptop battery about every two years, which is largely dependent upon how much the battery is used. To get full value out of your power source, be sure to [...]