To both suit your needs and optimise battery life, first of all move onto the “old-looking”, familiar screen and select “More options” just after have left-clicked on the battery icon. Take a good look at dimming and turning off the screen, putting the system to sleep and turning off the hard drives (in the last case I strongly advise to type “Never” to make sure you're not unpleasantly surprised).
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To both suit your needs and optimise battery life, first of all move onto the “old-looking”, familiar screen and select “More options” just after have left-clicked on the battery icon. Take a good look at dimming and turning off the screen, putting the system to sleep and turning off the hard drives (in the last case I strongly advise to type “Never” to make sure you're not unpleasantly surprised).