"Battery Stretch" Feature

[think2much]

Newly posted version 1.15 of the power manager drivers includes the following features:

(New) Added new feature of 'Battery Stretch'
(New) Added new feature of 'Always On USB'

Anyone know what "battery stretch" is?

[SFWrtr]

From X61 tablet tech specs page:

BatteryStretch, a new feature in Power Manager, permits temporary selections in extreme situations to extend battery life beyond what regular settings might produce.

From Lenovo blogs:
# We’re introducing Battery Stretch technology. The idea behind this is that there are times when your battery only shows 1:32 left, and you really need 2:05 to watch that movie. Battery Stretch will add additional capabilities onto our ThinkPad Power Manager to allow you to shut down individual subsystems that you are not using in order to get that extra battery boost you need. I’ll be honest, you’re not going to go from a battery that has 15 minutes left to suddenly having 3:05, but depending on how it’s configured, you may be able to gain those extra few minutes of productivity (or movie watching).

[itzcoolz]

unfortunately, the battery stretch feature only applies to the newest models (x61x, t61x). i was given false hope by that line as well