• more about #laptopbatterylife
    Gators15: IE8 may save a few minutes of battery, but I'll keep my WebKit based browser, thank you. more »
    jdale: Isn't Safari based on WebKit? And isn't WebKit the basis for a lot of mobile device browsers? Seems interesting if the browser core that is used in mo... more »
    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Yet another reason to use Adblock. I'm curious, though; how would Seamonkey fare? more »
    Rockopotamus: I have been, unfortunately, using Safari 4 for a while now, but this officially confirmed my switch back to Firefox (for about the fifth time). Also, ... more »
    wutlulzky: That graph needs to be recalculated with the newest version of FF (3.5.3) more »
    mman1506: chome who created that browser more »
    Bawb - The One, The Only, The Builder: IE8 is, so to say, bad. Firefox, so to say, is good. Adblock, so to say, is awesome. 7 minutes, so to say, is not life-or-death time difference. Wh... more »
    outie: I believe most of the power has gone to processing the multimedia rich ads like the ones on THIS web site. more »
    Weihovah: ie8 might have the longest run time but if you're clicking around a lot, you'll lose a second or two loading webpages (at least when compared to firef... more »
    Will Pridgen: What about on a mac? Certainly there will be differences because all but 2 of those browsers are offered to the average mac user, and certainly there ... more »
    nightwheel: Really? Who uses Safari for Windows? more »
    Geisrud: I recently just spec'ed out some new laptops for my sales reps. I talked to the vendor about the "newly designed laptops, designed for optimal power u... more »
    Serolf Divad: Let's be honest: this is why we read hardware reviews. Frankly, I don't trust anything a manufacturer tells me about their machine. After all, anythin... more »
    tetris2: Why not a pic of a Macbook instead? They have some of the boldest battery life claims. And it would keep up with the theme of the website right now,... more »
    ospreyguy: I think I will build the best battery of all time using lemons. more »
  • #software

    Is Your Browser Stealing Precious Battery Life?

    People try so hard to extend laptop battery life—going blind staring at dimmed screens, developing repetitive stress injuries by ditching mice—that they can miss the obvious. Like browser choice, which apparently have a huge impact on battery life. More »
  • #laptops

    Why Laptop Battery Claims Are So Useless, And Why That Won't Soon Change

    It's one of those things we take for granted: official laptop battery life claims have an extremely tenuous relationship with reality. Not surprisingly, everyone's using the same tricks to conjure their silly estimates—and they don't plan on stopping. More »