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Jul 16, 2010
How to Get the Most Out of Your Laptop Battery
It’s always a dilemma when you are in the middle of some important work and your laptop gives you that annoying message telling you that the battery is now critical, and the laptop will soon go into the hibernation mode. Well, with a little more care and a few simple and easy steps can help you increase your laptop battery capacity and also its life span letting you use it for a longer time. Switch-off unused wireless radios: Most wireless devices on a laptop keep draining the battery if switched on, even when they are not being used. So when the laptop is being used on battery power, it’s advisable to turn off the WiFi and Bluetooth services if you don’t require them at that moment. Reducing the brightness of the screen: The backlight of ........

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Aug 11, 2009
Maximize Your Notebook Battery
Battery backup is one of the key things for a notebook. Most people strongly believe that battery backup is only affected by the number of cells in your battery. Which is true, but at the same time there some easy things you can do to ensure that you get the most out of your notebook battery. Here are some options. Reduce the brightness:- Display alone consumes more battery than the rest of your laptop. So if you need to increase the battery backup time it is a good idea to reduce the brightness of your display. Reduce the brightness to a level where you are comfortable and it does not strain your eyes.  Remove external devices:- External devices like an external hard disc drive or your internet data card or even you flash drives, all require po ........

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Jul 22, 2009
Five Ways to Improve Your Notebook’s Performance
It is surprising how many people write in to ask us about low notebook performance after some months of usage. The hardware remains the same over time, so why does the performance go down? It is either because of unwanted programs that are hogging the memory, viruses or simply a cluttered computer. Here are five simple ways that would help you spring-clean your notebook. Remove unwanted startup programs Will your car have the same pick-up if you were drive it alone or stuff six friends in it? It will not be. It is the same with computers. If a computer has to load more programs when it starts, the startup time of your computer will increase. One easy way to reduce the startup time is to remove all unwanted software that you have. Go to Control Panel> Add/Remove programs and rem ........

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Jul 22, 2009
How to Buy a Budget Laptop
Today you can easily buy a laptop for less than 30k, making it possible for people with limited budget to benefit from computing on the go. Here are some key things that would certainly help you make a better buying decision. When you go shopping on a budget the goal should be to optimize the limited resources that are available on these laptops. We look at the four most important things – Displays, processor, storage and memory. Displays:  Although for displays it is considered that the bigger the better it is but in case of laptops it is just the opposite. Bigger displays make your laptops heavier and they also reduce the battery backup. If you are a frequent traveler and you lug your notebook everywhere you go, choose a notebook with a 13.3inch or a 14.1 inch display like De ........

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