[jaws-uk] Re: Laptop Battery

  • From: "Patricia Fraser" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:54:21 +0100

Hi Barbara,

> Can anyone tell me if they think running JAWS is sore on a
laptop's
> battery? I have noticed that my battery drains very
quickly and the
> laptop is relatively new.=20

It shouldn't cause a problem of itself; battery life is
governed by a few factors, including your screen which will
probably have backlighting, the way your hard drive is set
up to work, the speed of your processor and so on. Did your
laptop come with any utilities for power management? It can
be worth looking there, if you have it; sometimes you can
tell such utilities to throttle the CPU while on battery. If
your utility lets you, you can also turn your screen off, or
if not you can direct the output to a nonexistent external
monitor with a VGA dummy plug; that will help to extend your
battery life.

Hope this helps,
--=20
Patricia Fraser
Braille Development
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
+44(0)1604 792 777
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