Enormous amounts of batteries for laptop computers have been recalled during the last few years for risk of fire. A recall for Dell notebook battery power and Apple MacBook laptop batteries in the summertime of 2006, and then Toshiba and Lenovo came out the same issue. It is Sony who made the batteries which are recalled for the past years, whereas in the Oct 2006, this company announced its own large-scale recall. What’s the reason of the recalls? The Sony laptop battery might result in a fire because of the short circuit the heat made.

If you’re always on the move, your laptop’s power will have to depend on the battery. To make sure that your laptop battery life will extend for years, you’ll have to take good care of it. Whenever you use different programs for your laptop, you’ll also be using up a lot of RAM, which ultimately needs a lot more power to work faster, thus producing more heat, and thus having to use up more power to counter that heat. Don’t get caught up in the never-ending cycle.

The arrival of netbooks has enabled many a desk-bound worker to free themselves from the confines of an office. Providing on the go computing in a lightweight package, netbooks are growing in popularity - helped by their modest costs.

Netbooks, however, do have their limitations. The screen size is often considerably smaller than you get on a laptop, let alone a full size PC, so it’s not the most practical choice if you’re planning on using it from your kitchen table. It also has a low storage capacity. You won’t be able to store reams of information and programmes on the average netbook, but you will be able to run the applications that you need most.

Well by now we have all heard about the Dell Corporations recall on those batteries which supposedly will catch on fire and burn your butt on those lap tops or actually they will most likely burn something else if they catch fire. Now we see that Apple Computers also has the problem and has recalled some 1.4 million computers as well. Ouch?

Yes it is a major bummer for laptop manufactures, it seems all these units had Sony Batteries, bummer for them too. But all this is old news to you I can see, but here is the kicker. I talked to a retired NSA guy or so he claimed at a local coffee shop in Brunswick, GA and he told me that the recall was fake and it is a trick.

Imagine you are sitting at the airport and you have just enough time to log in and check your email on that cool new laptop. Just as you get to your inbox, the light starts flashing saying you are running out of battery power and wouldn’t you know it, your cord won’t reach the outlet. There are certain steps you can take. The following fifteen tips can help you extend your battery’s life.

1. Defrag your hard drive regularly so it runs as efficiently as possible. Only perform this activity when plugged in, not on battery power. Mac OSX is equipped to better handle fragmentation so Apple users may not need this tip.