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Comments on: HP laptops to sport long-lasting 'Enviro' batteries

After three years of development, Boston Power announces that Hewlett-Packard will offer its Sonata lithium-ion batteries as an upgrade for HP consumer laptops early next year.

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by ywkhgqo December 9, 2008 9:52 PM PST
wow, thats impressive. wish they could put out these for other makers
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by maniac42 December 9, 2008 11:18 PM PST
I'd like to see this technology offered for older machines and other brands. I have an IBM ThinkPad and a Fry's Electronics RX-7335 machine, both with dead batteries, and am loathe to spend money on new batteries that will go "toes up" in less than a couple of years again.
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by iamarcin December 10, 2008 5:25 AM PST
I have 3 hp laptops and none of the batteries are interchangeable.
None of the power adapters are either. That is ridiculous in my opinion.
They all use the same amount of power... When my laptop dies i have to scrap both.
If you want to help the consumer or the environment standardize this.
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by tech_crazy December 12, 2008 1:31 AM PST
If they did, then anybody could make generics and they would lose their cash-cows. Same thing with cell-phone chargers and earpiece sockets too!
by cerebral_but_dull December 10, 2008 10:36 AM PST
In addition to 50 percent longer life, the batteries offer greater power. This is nice progress, and one more step towards truly practical electric cars.
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by cheapiness December 13, 2008 3:29 PM PST
Nice article. I wrote about it on my blog cheapiness.com
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