The company claims that Preface is power-efficient enough to run for "hundreds of hours" without draining notebook battery power.
Available with a 6-cell battery, the Gateway EC14D notebook line provides battery life of up to eight hours, so customers can use it nearly all day to stay in touch.(1) As a result, customers reduce their energy consumption since they go longer without having to recharge.
Or, the company hopes, become the guts of superthin name-brand notebook PCs with 40 hours of battery life.
Write caching could allow the hard disk drive to stay in a lower power non-spinning state for longer periods of time, extending battery life for the notebook computer.
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Citing research that consumers prize long battery life over other notebook features, Acer also announced a new series of notebooks that will last more than eight hours on a single charge.
It delivers the same battery life as a standard notebook -- roughly 5 hours in our informal tests.
The SanDisk Extreme SSD consumes 30 percent less power than a hard disk drive while generating less heat and noise, making it an ideal solution for notebook users who want to maximize their battery life while computing on the go.
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And there are fewer places to stuff an extended battery in a sleek tablet than a large notebook.
On the bottom side, the notebook is sealed in such a way that you can't easily get at the battery, SSD or RAM. (This is pretty typical for Ultrabooks.) That bottom surface is also where you'll find the speaker strip, which is somewhat unusual: laptop speakers are usually located in the keyboard area or around the sides.
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With a lower price point and next generation processors with extended battery life and improved performance, we believe that Intel will retain its dominance in notebook processors.
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With Trinity, AMD has removed the battery life objection from ODMs, OEMs, and the channel, a huge forward step to increase their notebook business in 2012.
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