What is the best way to maximize battery life w/WinXP?

[Athena]

I have an Aspire One netbook with a 6-cell battery. Unfortunately that 6-cell isn't enough to last me the whole day at university and I'd like to avoid carrying my charger. I've configured Windows to always use max battery, and I run as few services as possible. Is there anything else I can do to maximize battery life on this thing? Currently I get 4.5h surfing and word processing.

The BIOS won't even let me access clock settings so I can't underclock my processor. Do Atoms even scale the multiplier upon demand?

Anyways, thanks in advance.

[Veers]

Turn off the wifi/bluetooth when not in use. Lower the screen backlight.

They can, my Eee pc has an atom and it can scale on demand.

[Tezza1234]

4h is all I could get out of mine.
Maybe it's worth purchasing a 9cell battery for it? People have reported upto 9 hours with them.

[rieda1589]

I have a 9-cell for my MSI Wind.

I got about 8h30m in XP and I'm getting about 7h in Windows 7.

[Mattz333]

You could try turning it off, battery lasts ages when it's off.

[MC3craze]

[QUOTE=Mattz333;17499288]You could try turning it off, battery lasts ages when it's off.[/QUOTE]

Yes, but rebooting is inconvenient.

[Dr Egg]

4.5 hours for web surfing is all you are going to get out of it really. Also yes Atoms have soeed step so it should be underclocking anyway.

[Athena]

[QUOTE=Dr Egg;17500656]4.5 hours for web surfing is all you are going to get out of it really. Also yes Atoms have soeed step so it should be underclocking anyway.[/QUOTE]

Ah okay.

Thanks. I already have my screen dimmed all the way and all that jazz.

[Roast Beast]

[QUOTE=MC3craze;17500114]Yes, but rebooting is inconvenient.[/QUOTE]

Hibernation

[Pixel Heart]

Install Windows 7, and disable Aero.

[Agent766]

[QUOTE=MC3craze;17500114]Yes, but rebooting is inconvenient.[/QUOTE]

Hibernation ftw

[JohnEdwards]

[QUOTE=Dr Egg;17500656]4.5 hours for web surfing is all you are going to get out of it really. Also yes Atoms have soeed step so it should be underclocking anyway.[/QUOTE]

my 1005HA gets 8

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6 when running virtual box+fedora

[Turbis2]

Hook dat shit up to a car battery dawg