New Battery Thoughts

I have spent a couple of days with my new 9-cell Acer battery with 8+ hours of life . . . and I like it! It makes the Acer a much more effective tool. I have used it at my real job and have experimented with it a bit here at home. The fact that I don't have to plug it in every 1.5-2 hours alleviates much of the stress of using the netbook. I make good use of the snooze button to make sure that the system isn't wasting my batter life just sitting there. I have found the estimate of life to be pretty accurate, given this. I'll be very happy if the thing lasts 5+ hours -- enough for a couple of long meetings and notes. I'm basically using the Wi-Fi to access websites and OneNotes to take notes and make documentation. I'll keep you informed as I work with this little machine. (Sure wish it was a bit more powerful, but for ~$300 it's pretty effective.