Tedmac's Techno Tips & Tricks: Tips on laptop battery

Laptop battery can only last for sometime. The only thing you can do is maybe extending it for a little more time. This is true for all types of battery – high-end Lithium-ion, Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) or nickel-metal hydride (NiMH). Aside from a common practice of using the original or right charger and the right specifications, a regular dose of full-discharge and recharge, maybe once a week is also recommended. It’s also a good practice to avoid direct heat or exposing your battery to sunlight. If you are using your laptop for a long period of time, for an 8-hour office work, it’s good if you fully charged your battery and then remove it from your laptop (see proper instruction on removing the battery). Next is to connect your laptop to your adapter and continue with your usual work, as if your battery is taking a needed rest.

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Post your own Techno Tips and Tricks

As a treat and an introduction to our new segment, Tedmac's Techno Tips and Tricks (4T), we are inviting everybody to post and share their own simple tips and/or tricks here. You can select your own topic as long as it is information technology related. Keep your tips and tricks posting as short as possible but direct to the point. Also bear in mind that our purpose is to help people with their techno problems and not to add more problems, so make sure that what you are posting here is certified good and correct. Good luck guys and thank you.

Tedmac's Techno Tips and Tricks (4T)

We will be starting a regular segment. It will be called Tedmac’s Techno Tips and Tricks (4T). It will feature tips and tricks on various information technology fields. Practical tips and tricks that can be used for our daily encounters with various technologies, gadgets, computers, printers, cellphones, other high-tech devices and even programming and softwares. Readers are also encouraged to share and post or email their tips and tricks to tedmac.ucc@gmail.com.

4T: Buying an IPAD or a laptop or a netbook?

The video was downloaded from Youtube dated January, 2010. The average local price of an Ipad now (based on some online local store) ranges from P30,000 to more than P50,000 depending on the specifications, especially memory (just like how they priced the ipod and ipod touch), and wifi and 3G technology. Is it worth it?

Late last year, I planned to buy my 3rd laptop (actually, I wanted a netbook, because of its size and weight). I really wanted a little less weight in my backpack. I've canvassed a couple of brands and models and styles. That includes tablet PCs from HP, Lenovo and Qube. I really wanted to be unique and maybe, a tablet PC will do the trick. Price during that time ranges from a little below P30,000 to as high as P70,000, depending on the specifications and brand of course. Practically, price is one of my limitations. I can only afford P30,000 and below, and so, I planned to buy the less-significant brand, but still, can be used for most of my daily I.T. work, a fairly sized hard disk and a significant memory. But, in the end, because the one model that I really wanted is out of stock (and I really need one) I was opted to buy an ordinary-common netbook.

Now, the first question is, what is it the one you really need - the style, the functionality, the brand, the model, the technical specifications or the limitations in terms of budget?