Whole-day Battery Life on the Eee PC

… and will this only be for new models or will they be backwardly compatible with the older models. I love me original EEE but the battery life is pathetic.

sure its possible, if your talking about 16-24 hrs of continuous use then get real. that’s not happening with out current batt technology but, if you do not use your computer for large periods of time and you adjust your power saving options its possible. i can get 6+ hrs on my 901 surfing the net and watching short movies on it, and it usually lasts until the end of the day. it all depends on how you use it.

well on past Asus form relating to Eee’s and batteries I wouldn’t get too excited. It will be the working day of a council worker (about 3hs) or a Martian day.

whatever it is it will be a snidey cheat that doesn’t live up to the headline – i.e. you have to downclock your oc to 200mhz or switch off the screen/keyboard & wifi.

This is a nice promise, but is vague marketspeak.
“second half of this year” refers to any point in time between today and December 31st, 2008.
““whole-day” battery life” can mean any form of technology whatsoever, power management software, new battery hardware, to something as worthless as a etc. and implies nothing as to what the length of a “whole-day” is, or what can be expected to be a whole day to a user.

Basically, Asus is sort-of announcing what may be an intention, or not, to possibly (but not necessarily) extend the battery life (or not at all) on current, or perhaps future, EEE PCs.

(Asus is not evil for this. It’s market speak. It’s meant to drum up some rumbling and discussion. Totally normal for companies to do. But annoying.)

BTW, the article in question requires paid registration to read: “Sorry, the page you are trying to open is available only for our paid subscribers.” So we can’t even read the article. So, not only is it a statement without substance, it is repeated third-hand hearsay.

Well… according to other Mobile-PC Publishers like Raon Digital a “working day” covers 7-8hours, but a “full day” covers 12hours.
See the Specs of the Raon Digital Everun, its avaiable with 7/hours or “full day”=12hours ..so lets see what Asus plans there
…a possible sun-energetic accessoire would be great, since so many “self-made” builds did not work that good

Probably only gonna be a 8-9 hour battery. I doubt if they could actually make a 24-hour battery. And even if they did, it would probably end up the same price as a 701 or something.

The extra battery sold by Clove technologies almost does this. I have a shipping container that i use as a workshop and it has no electrical power except an invertor and car batteries .. and the EEE runs for about 6 hours on the “Big” battery and then about three on the “little” (Included) battery. I just use it for viewing PDF’s and listening to MP3′s.

For me I would do almost anything for longer battery life Double the weight of the computer .. slow down the processor etc etc etc .. I want a computer like my Z88 ..

I just got my 1000H – sticker calls the “7″ hour battery life “whole day computing.

In laptop marketing terms, ‘whole day’ means a standard business day i.e. 8 hours.

It is doable on current battery technology. Dell just released a laptop (E6400) that claims 19 hour battery life. You have to upgrade to a 9 cell battery and add a 12 cell battery slice (about $500 extra for the hardware.)

If Dell can do it with a full-sized laptop, Asus can do it with a smaller, more energy-efficient one.

a whole day has always been 24 hrs
anything else is market speak

that said being able to use ubuntu full out for over 5 hours is pretty darn good in my books

I agree with drfrog. Marketing speak is disgusting.

A day is 24 hours.

24 hours is not most people’s idea of a day of computer use, I don’t think it’s marketing hype to call a normal working day “a day of use”. As long as they really do mean a day of actual use, as opposed to a day of occasional use (that means switched on all day & use of wireless networking etc, rather than 20 minutes use every now and again throughout the day). Very few people stay up a full 24 hours using their laptop constantly! OK, I think I probably have spent almost 24 hours on the computer at some point in my life (probably when I was unemployed, had no kids, and had first got broadband!!), but it’s not normal usage!!

Totally possible. Throttle controls and better acpi controls will make it possible. There is also the newer liion cells that use a different cathode anode tech using treed silicon or graphite. It is going to be an interesting year. I do love that new tablet that was at ces. Going to get one for sure.

If you want to upgrade your eeePC to higher capacity. i know Malabs can supply the PCI-E for all eeePC series 700, 900, 901,1000,s101. you just need to pay a small money then you can upgrade your eeePC up to 64G. you can contact angie.li@malabs.com. easy buy!

I couldn’t be happier with the battery in my new 1000 HE..

Marketing isn’t what sold this netbook, its features and low price is what made millions buy it.

I haven’t tested the exact amount my battery can run the 1000HE however I surely don’t have to charge this more than once in 24 hours.