Author: Alan Pope Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Long Life Netbook style device
2008/11/18 Andy Random <andy.random@???>: > I've been resisting upgrading my 701, but I hadn't realised the battery
> life of the 901 is so significantly higher.
>
I've found that even the 701 and 900 can have dramatically improved
battery life if you install one of the newer BIOS updates. Some change
ASUS made to the ACPI tables I believe has extended the battery life
significantly.
The battery in my 900 used to die if left in suspend for ~8 hours, now
I can (if I choose) leave it in suspend for a whole weekend and it
still has power. Of course I appreciate you actually want to use it,
not leave it in suspend, I'm just citing this as one of the ways in
which the extended life can be observed.
