Jason Dunn
04-12-2004, 10:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3069291' target='_blank'>http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3069291</a><br /><br /></div>"The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) released a new specification for the design and manufacture of laptop batteries Monday morning. Known as IEEE P1625, the new standard, now finalized, will be used "to reduce the incidence of user problems, the portable computer and battery industries need standardized criteria for qualification of rechargeable battery systems and for verifying the quality and reliability of those batteries," according to the IEEE."<br /><br />Ok, I have no clue what the above actually means, but hopefully it will be a good thing for those of us who love using our laptops for digital media. :-) My flight from Seattle was only 1.5 hours, so I didn't get the chance to see how long my laptop would REALLY last with two batteries. Maybe next time. :lol: