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  1. Re:Not really by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 1 · on MSI Will Launch iPad Alternative

    I have the Acer Aspire One. Got it on sale from Frys for $300 last year.

    9 Cell ( 7 to 10 hours!) Spare Battery, $75
    http://www.amazon.com/HQRP-Replacement-Lithium-Ion-Subnotebook-Mousepad/dp/B001P0F71G/

    Spare AC Adapter, $21
    http://www.amazon.com/HQRP-Replacement-Subnotebook-Netbook-Mousepad/dp/B001ODA6II/

    Notebook Hardware Control
    http://www.pbus-167.com/nhc/nhc.htm

    I do the occasional reading of eBooks on it. With Adobe Acrobat you can rotate .pdfs. iRotate will also let you rotate the whole screen.

    Cheers

  2. Re:Well duh by iamhassi · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Why Is Linux Notebook Battery Life Still Poor?

    "Linux is dead, long live Windows 7!"

    er, don't know about dead, and I wouldn't say "long live windows 7", but I will admit the battery power options are very impressive on Windows 7. Not only can you change the obvious like cpu speed, but you can go all the way down and adjust how long the CPU fan should be on if you're on battery, and it can change according to which battery profile you choose. It has more options than I've ever seen on any program, even more than NHC.

  3. Just use Notebook Hardware Control by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Processor Throttling In Windows XP

    http://www.pbus-167.com/
    It has a free version and allows you to control the power on all aspects on your notebook, this way you know exactly what its doing. It used to be the first thing I installed on XP laptops, with Vista it's needed a bit less, but still comes in useful as it allows you to switch profiles with much more ease than the normal Vista speed control.

  4. Run Notebook Hardware Control. Longer battery life by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Six Laptops That Don't Burn

    I had heat problems from my notebook. It's pretty small and I hold it in my hand when I'm travelling so heat was a big problem. (Palm size tablet PC).

      http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm

    If you run at a lower voltage heat buildup can cease to become an issue. My notebook runs cooler, crashes less (never now) and lasts longer on battery.

    It can take a little experimentation to get the best settings, but my battery like increased about 50% and being able to force a drop in the clock speed when I travel makes it great to use outside.

    I picked up the app from a forum of users of the same model notebook and it's become standard fare for most of the forum members... Damn impressive stuff since it's free.

    Makes me wonder how the reviewer would have fared if they tried this on the models that just missed out.

    GrpA.

  5. Re:Temperature issues by moonbender · · Score: 1 · on Laptop Explodes at Japanese Conference

    I think one of the Windows control settings will actually force the multipliers to its lowest settings. Regardless, the Windows controls suck hard. Get Notebook hardware control to have total control over the multipliers and, as a bonus, over the voltage the CPU is supplied with at any given voltage. My Dothan is running at ULV voltages now... nice!

  6. Been doing this for almost a year with CHC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative · on Undervolting a Laptop

    CHC = Centrino Hardware Control, now called Notebook Hardware Control.

    CHC/NHC even has built-in stability testing.

    It's fairly easy to run 400MHz FSB Dothan CPUs at 533MHz FSB on Sonoma (i915) or ATI Xpress200 laptops. I run a Pentium-M 715A (1.5GHz) at 2GHz with only 1.14v.

  7. Re:Linux and Windows by bhtooefr · · Score: 2, Informative · on Easy, Cheap, Effective Laptop Cooling?

    SpeedStep IS built into Windows XP. However, the Windows algorithm blows chunks.

    http://pbus-167.com/ has Notebook Hardware Control, which can control SpeedStep, undervolt the processor (be careful with that one - it can kill stability), allow you to change the multiplier to any multiplier in a 1x increment from 6 to the max stock multiplier for your CPU (in your case, 16).

    All SpeedStep does is lower and raise the multiplier as needed...