Energy efficient Laptop recommendations

[cbn]

Can someone give me some recs for a cheap but energy efficient laptop?

Larger screen would be a plus.

I don't plan on doing anything demanding with it. (Just internet web searches and email. No gaming)

http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com...-420US-AMD-Athlon-II-Dual-Core-Processor-M320

Right now I am considering this $379 model at Fry's, but if something else would give me better battery time for less money I'd like to hear about it.

Thank you very much.

 

[HarryLui]

Big LCD screen eats battery faster.

How long do you want the battery to last?

 

[CurseTheSky]

For under $400, the only thing that's going to give you good battery life is a netbook and possibly a CULV laptop, if you can find one that cheap.

Look at the Acer Timeline series. You might be able to find on around $400 with a single core SU4100 (I think that's the model). Make sure to get a larger battery, if they offer options (3 cell, 6 cell, etc.)

 

[Decembermouse]

I am a big fan of these new M-series processors from AMD. K10.5 architecture like the Phenom II. No longer based on the K8 which we've had for many years now.

You should get around 4 hours of battery life with this, I think, if you go to Power Settings and put it on Power Saver, and also undervolt a bit. It's very easy with K10Stat, and these new M-series processors undervolt quite well.

 

[corkyg]

Energy efficient and larger screen are somewhat of an oxymoron. An efficient notebook will get 6+ hours of battery life. It will have a LED screen and a SSD, and no more than a 14-in screen.

 

[taltamir]

under 400$ your choices are extremely limited.
netbooks and some CULV models.
if you want a larget screen and weight and battery life is secondary, go CULV. if you want all of the above then you need to be ready to pay 1000$ for an i7 CULV (the i5 CULVs have been delayed)

 

[Zap]

My choice with those parameters would be one of the Acer Timeline or Asus UL series notebooks. They use CULV chips and are available with various screen sizes.

 

[ther00kie16]

tigerdirect has, from time to time, acer/asus (can't remember which) refurb 14" laptops with su3500, decent enough with hardware acceleration for most flash (excluding hulu), for $400. even cheaper with bing cashback