New ultra-portable notebook tops 6 hours of battery life

Iria · Sep 6, 2005, 08:47 PM

Huntington Beach (CA) - Sharp today announced the M4000 Widenote notebook that combines a 13.3-inch screen and a Pentium M processor in an ultra-portable package that can deliver more than 6 hours of operating time on one battery charge, according to the manufacturer.

Inching closer to the industry's goal of 8 hours of battery time in notebooks, Sharp today announced a new model that adds itself to a growing of mobile computers that are capable of delivering twice the battery time of common thin and light notebooks. With a promised six hours, the M4000 Widenote could be among the currently most power efficient notebooks on the market.

The M4000 is based on an Intel Centrino package with a Pentium M 740 (1.73 GHz) processor at its heart. According to Sharp, the additional battery time is not achieved through adding more battery capacity, but adding more flexibility to power management. The "Advanced Power Management" feature allows the user to extend control over power draining subsystems of a notebook: Instead of managing just four devices, as provided by Windows' default, Sharp's system controls up to 11 subsystems: LCD display (brightness, backlight and refresh rate), harddrive, optical disk drive, wireless LAN, system standby, suspend to disk, system wallpaper, audio and CPU performance. According to Sharp, users are given three profiles of power management, each offering the ability to configure eleven different settings.

Standard features of the 3.7-pound M4000 include a 13.3-inch screen, an 80 GByte harddrive, and a DVD burner. The notebook will ship later this month with pricing set at $1800.
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Source: Tom's Hardware Guide

Sep 6, 2005, 08:47 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	New ultra-portable notebook tops 6 hours of battery life Huntington Beach (CA) - Sharp today announced the M4000 Widenote notebook that combines a 13.3-inch screen and a Pentium M processor in an ultra-portable package that can deliver more than 6 hours of operating time on one battery charge, according to the manufacturer. Inching closer to the industry's goal of 8 hours of battery time in notebooks, Sharp today announced a new model that adds itself to a growing of mobile computers that are capable of delivering twice the battery time of common thin and light notebooks. With a promised six hours, the M4000 Widenote could be among the currently most power efficient notebooks on the market. The M4000 is based on an Intel Centrino package with a Pentium M 740 (1.73 GHz) processor at its heart. According to Sharp, the additional battery time is not achieved through adding more battery capacity, but adding more flexibility to power management. The "Advanced Power Management" feature allows the user to extend control over power draining subsystems of a notebook: Instead of managing just four devices, as provided by Windows' default, Sharp's system controls up to 11 subsystems: LCD display (brightness, backlight and refresh rate), harddrive, optical disk drive, wireless LAN, system standby, suspend to disk, system wallpaper, audio and CPU performance. According to Sharp, users are given three profiles of power management, each offering the ability to configure eleven different settings. Standard features of the 3.7-pound M4000 include a 13.3-inch screen, an 80 GByte harddrive, and a DVD burner. The notebook will ship later this month with pricing set at $1800. __________ Source: Tom's Hardware Guide