Equium L20-197 battery life

I bought an Equium L20 a couple of weeks. Overall it's ok, but the battery life is dismal, the a spec that I forgot to ask.
More than ago 1 hour 30 minutes but rarely as. I know
I can buy another battery, but what's the point when we
portability of desires of lightness?
Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a
batteries last longer for this machine?
Jan

Hello Jan

As far as I know for this device there is no available different batteries. Live batteries are available only for some Portege (business class units) units.

As you know the life of the battery depends on the use. Maximum duration of use power management tool and set the CPU usage, method and other things at much lower level of cooling. On this way, you can save energy and use it a little longer.

Good bye

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