Ability to run a netbook all day on a single charge is more easily said than done, but the goal is a sure-fire way to garner praise from road warriors demanding high-performance notebooks
The ability to run a netbook all day on a single battery charge is one of the goals Intel has set for itself as it develops the Atom platform.
"We are going to do more integration, we are going to try to reduce the power in order to have sleekest form-factor, the lightest system and to increase the battery life," said Mooly Eden, head of Intel's mobile platforms group, in an interview at the Computex trade show in Taipei on Wednesday. "The idea is to deliver such a product that will be day-long. You'll be able to go with your netbook without the need to carry the power supply."
The target, a sure-fire way to praise from road warriors, is more easily said than done. Most of today's laptops offer between three and five hours on a standard three-cell battery and close to double that on a six-cell battery. But the longer-life batteries are bulkier and heavier, and that negates a lot of the reason for having a slim and lightweight machine.
More: http://infoworld.com/d/hardware/intel-targets-all-day-battery-life-netbooks-934
The ability to run a netbook all day on a single battery charge is one of the goals Intel has set for itself as it develops the Atom platform.
"We are going to do more integration, we are going to try to reduce the power in order to have sleekest form-factor, the lightest system and to increase the battery life," said Mooly Eden, head of Intel's mobile platforms group, in an interview at the Computex trade show in Taipei on Wednesday. "The idea is to deliver such a product that will be day-long. You'll be able to go with your netbook without the need to carry the power supply."
The target, a sure-fire way to praise from road warriors, is more easily said than done. Most of today's laptops offer between three and five hours on a standard three-cell battery and close to double that on a six-cell battery. But the longer-life batteries are bulkier and heavier, and that negates a lot of the reason for having a slim and lightweight machine.
More: http://infoworld.com/d/hardware/intel-targets-all-day-battery-life-netbooks-934