Get ready for the 9-to-5 notebook

[billbuckhead]

Get ready for the 9-to-5 notebook
Published: June 6, 2005, 4:00 AM PDT
By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

The magic number for notebook designers in the near future just might be eight--as in the hours of a full workday.

A somewhat outlandish idea a few years ago, the eight-hour notebook is moving closer to reality as promising trends in battery materials and power consumption converge. If all goes well, within three to four years, portable PCs could see battery life double from today's four-hour stretch.

Chipmaker Intel, in fact, is so bullish on the matter that it recently moved up a deadline for notebook makers by two years. It's now asking them to produce by 2008 thin and light notebooks that can run for eight hours without the use of additional external batteries, said Mooly Eden, vice president of the company's mobility group.

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[bryant69]

1. That would be nice

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[Samurai_Writer]

2. That would be awesome...

Whenever I take laptops on flights, the battery dies within 1 1/2 hours or so. Not even enough to watch a short DVD movie, much less get any serious work done.