Poraba manjše količine energije in podaljšanje trajanja baterije

Računalnik pošljite v pripravljenost, ko ga ne uporabljate. To občutno zmanjša količino porabljene energije in omogoča zelo hitro povrnitev računalnika.

Turn off the computer when you will not be using it for longer periods. Some people worry that turning off a computer regularly may cause it to wear out faster, but this is not the case.

Use the Power panel in Settings to change your power settings. There are a number of options that will help to save power: you can automatically blank the screen after a certain time, enable the Automatic Power Saver mode when the battery is low, and have the computer automatically suspend if you have not used it for a certain period of time.

Reduce the screen brightness.

Izklopite zunanje naprave (kot so tiskalniki in optični bralniki), ko jih ne uporabljate.

Reduce the screen brightness. Powering the screen accounts for a significant fraction of a laptop power consumption.

Večina prenosnikov ima na tipkonici gumb (ali tipkovno bližnjico), ki ga lahko uporabite za zmanjšanje svetlosti.

If you do not need an Internet connection for a little while, turn off the wireless or Bluetooth cards. These devices work by broadcasting radio waves, which takes quite a bit of power.

Nekateri računalniki imajo fizično stikalo, ki ga lahko uporabite za izklop, drugi pa imajo za to tipkovno bližnjico. Ko brezžično povezavo spet potrebujete, jo lahko ponovno vklopite.

Zmanjšajte število opravil, ki se izvajajo v ozadju. Računalniki porabijo več energije, če delajo.

Most of your running applications do very little when you are not actively using them. However, applications that frequently grab data from the internet or play music or movies can impact your power consumption.