Intel Promises Longer Battery Life

Cnet has a video up showcasing the Core Duo architecture and its power consumption. Basically they used the laptop successfully on a cross country flight, which ended up being about 5 hours. They also state this was a real world test, employing gaming and application usage on the trip.

CNET News.com's Neha Tiwari spoke with Craig Raymond of Intel about his cross-country flight with an Intel Core 2 Duo laptop at the company's launch event in Santa Clara, Calif., campus. The battery life of the notebook lasted the whole trip on a single charge, which is a considerable increase compared to previous models.