Many people get a notebook because they are portable and have good battery life. While most models have good battery life, there are always things that you can do that will help you get better battery life out of your netbook.

The first thing that you always need to be doing with your netbook is limiting the number of programs that you have open. Not only will you get better response time but you will be using less battery power. Don’t leave programs open that you don’t need to have open.

Add more RAM to your machine. This is important because it will make everything on your computer run smoother. When this happens you will be using less CPU. This will help you save some battery power just from this one upgrade.

Keep space on your hard drive. While netbooks have smaller hard drives, you still need to keep at least five percent of it open for the computer to manage the files better. This will help you keep more temporary files on your machine so that it can run smoother.

Unplug any external hardware that you aren’t using right now. These will all take up a bit of your battery power.

Dim your screen down to a lower setting. If you can still read the screen comfortably at lower setting, this will help you save a bit of energy so that you get longer battery life.

Buy a second battery. These are fairly cheap. Having two batteries will extend the life of your netbook quite a bit. When you need extra battery power, bring along the second one. When you don’t, keep it at home so your netbook is more portable.

Turn off services on your machine that you don’t need open. These would be things like wifi and bluetooth when you don’t need them.

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