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What's the longest your computer has lasted on battery?

post #1 of 15
2/23/06 at 10:19pm
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Timed it on my watch at 3 hours 40 minutes. Regular use...web surfing, taking notes at school. I have one 4 hour class a week at Arizona State... Specs in sig; this is on a 6 cell battery.

May have gotten more if I had put it in standby occassionally.
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post #2 of 15
2/23/06 at 10:23pm
On my 700m, if you count the times I've put it into hibernation to switch to my other battery (I have the 4 and 8 cell batteries), then I've pulled a shade under 7.5 hours.

When I had my old i9100, I was lucky to get 90 minutes out of that damn thing.
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post #3 of 15
2/23/06 at 10:33pm
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Nice, I occasionally use standby...I don't like hibernate during class, takes too long to come back. Between classes I'll use it though.
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post #4 of 15
2/23/06 at 10:53pm
Hey XPS 140 guy, how do you like your system so far?
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post #5 of 15
2/23/06 at 11:45pm
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Originally Posted by XPSM140Guy
I have one 4 hour class a week at Arizona State...
Ouch dude! Longest class we have at U of A here is 2 1/2 hrs...
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post #6 of 15
2/23/06 at 11:56pm
I've got an XPS M140 with a 9 cell battery. I can take it to class with me and use it for 4 hours of note taking and web browsing then use it that night for a couple hours as well. I love it!
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post #7 of 15
2/24/06 at 12:21am
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Originally Posted by cap't.kirky
Hey XPS 140 guy, how do you like your system so far?
I think it's great! Perfect size for school and general mobility, great battery life, the screen is fine (I don't know what people are complaining about), nice design etc. It suits me.

Probably not the best for gaming, but I have a desktop for that. I can play older games with no problem though like Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

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Originally Posted by The ArchAngel
When I had my old i9100, I was lucky to get 90 minutes out of that damn thing.
Yah, my old i4150 was like that too. It did have Speed Step which helped but not much. (1.6 to 1.2 GHz)
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post #8 of 15
2/24/06 at 4:03am
i can get 5.5 hours on my i6000 with 9cell battery and undervolted.
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post #9 of 15
2/24/06 at 4:33am
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Originally Posted by XPSM140Guy
I think it's great! Perfect size for school and general mobility, great battery life, the screen is fine (I don't know what people are complaining about), nice design etc. It suits me.

Probably not the best for gaming, but I have a desktop for that. I can play older games with no problem though like Return to Castle Wolfenstein.



Yah, my old i4150 was like that too. It did have Speed Step which helped but not much. (1.6 to 1.2 GHz)

I finally decided to get the XPS m140 to complement my Dimension 310 Desktop w 20" WS FPD. Took sometime switching back from the M140 to the 710M but finally won over by the fact that the M140 has more features and has a more newer processor. i also think the screen is fine and equal to the 710M when i checked it out at the dell kiosk here in SF.
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post #10 of 15
2/24/06 at 8:20am
About seven - eight hours from the TX without any sort of undervolting trickery, it just seems to go on forever! Amusingly it has a higher capacity battery than even the XPS 2...as for the XPS 2 batterylife, it's doing well to get anything much over two hours.

John
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post #11 of 15
2/24/06 at 9:25am
d810, with the 9 cell main battery and the 6 cell modular battery i got 9 and a half hours using the x600. I now time it at about 6 with the 6800 go in there.

That wasn't gaming btw. That was just doing office work.
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post #12 of 15
2/24/06 at 11:58am
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Originally Posted by XPSM140Guy
Yah, my old i4150 was like that too. It did have Speed Step which helped but not much. (1.6 to 1.2 GHz)
Yeah, when I really started needing my notebook in class, I didn't really have any choice besides buying a new notebook. The 700m has fit the bill perfectly.
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post #13 of 15
2/24/06 at 12:43pm
8:20 minutes in idle. Working time with 9cell Inspiron 630m undervolted all wireless stuff off I get around 7 hours. All with display brightness around 6 out of 8.
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post #14 of 15
2/24/06 at 8:37pm

! 8 hours and 12 minutes !

MORE POWER!!! URGH-URGH-URGH
With a mediabay accu additional - ! 8 hours and 12 minutes !
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post #15 of 15
2/24/06 at 11:41pm
Longest I've seen was about 3.5 hours.

Sucks you have a 4 hour class. The longest class I've had here at ERAU in Prescott was 1.5 hours.
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