Improving netbook battery?

Biz.Kid09 · 28 Nov 2010 at 11:14

I know this would be better in Laptop section but i need a quick answer!
I am going on holiday to Miami soon and considered buying a iPad for the trip because of its long battery however now i am considering just using my netbook.

Now at the moment my Acer has one 3 cell battery and it lasts around 2.30hrs. I have 2 of these so could easily charge both and have them with me for the flight.

Now i was looking at buying another battery but i am a bit wary because the advertised battery hours etc could be completely wrong and i may end up with another 3 cell but for double the price.

My netbook is currently running Win 7, would putting something like Ubuntu on there reduce battery use?
What other suggestions can you give to expanding my battery life?
PS-Does anyone have a 6/9 cell battery? how long do they last?

Biz.Kid09 · 28 Nov 2010 at 15:00

Thanks guys, Any other suggestions?

Biz.Kid09 · 28 Nov 2010 at 15:24

Gribs said:
I picked a 9cell replacement battery up for my old Acer One and that now lasts about 7 hours compared with about 2.5 on the original. It wasn't overly expensive either, about £30 off the bay if I remember right.

Mind emailing me the seller you bought it from? So i done end up with a dud one.

SupermotoMX said:
disable the lan / usb ports (unless you use them)

turn the backlight down

How do i disable the lan and usb? Well i wont use them on the plane so i suppose i can turn them off.

Biz.Kid09 · 28 Nov 2010 at 21:47

Thanks for the suggestions guys..I will try them out over these next few days.

Biz.Kid09 · 28 Nov 2010 at 22:09

Guys i am looking at 9 cell batteries on the auction site but i have a feeling that the batteries arent what there cracked up to be.
Has anyone ever bought from there and so can email me a seller who they know sells legit batteries at the right capacitys?
SSD is a bit out of my price range at the moment and if i did get one it would be better used in my pc.

Biz.Kid09 · 29 Nov 2010 at 00:10

Shaolin, Thats what i thought, i am trying to and the easiest way is off the bay but im unsure as to which seller to go with as i dont want to end up with a rubbish battery that has cheap cells etc. Anyone ever bought one online? please email me where you got it from