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post #41 of 51
5/27/08 at 4:24pm
that is really not bad to have 6 hours its great... alot better than what im getting with my computer...
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post #42 of 51
5/27/08 at 4:33pm
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It's an estimate based on 75% battery remaining and vista estimated time left. Not sure if it'll go longer, it might!
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post #43 of 51
5/27/08 at 7:56pm
Wow 6 hours, that's amazing!
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post #44 of 51
5/30/08 at 2:38pm
Kosh, whats the real world results???

Id really be interested in this test:
Full screen Brightness, wifi on, normal workload (no gaming but maybe movie watch from hdd)
Full battery drain of both primary and secondary
using intel grfx, using nv grfx, nvgfx in stealth mode

Only b/c thats how I forsee my usage
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post #45 of 51
5/30/08 at 3:02pm
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Originally Posted by archalien View Post
Kosh, whats the real world results???

Id really be interested in this test:
Full screen Brightness, wifi on, normal workload (no gaming but maybe movie watch from hdd)
Full battery drain of both primary and secondary
using intel grfx, using nv grfx, nvgfx in stealth mode

Only b/c thats how I forsee my usage
I don't like running down to zero battery nor doing a lot of tests because frankly, they drain the battery of potential.

The more you use a battery, the less total capacity it has. I'd rather use my batteries as little as possible, since I'm not being paid nor getting free batteries to test on.
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post #46 of 51
5/30/08 at 6:17pm
Same here Koshinn. I can only get about the same 6+ hours like you.

The smart bay battery seems like it doesn't last as long as the the standard cell. I was away for a week and the smartbay power went down to 75%. But, the standard battery was still at 100%.
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post #47 of 51
5/31/08 at 9:38pm
Cmon GUYS!!!! Be super happy!!!!

It wasnt but a mere moment ago the kiind of power ur laptops yield meant sacraficing to under 2 hours for light use and less than an hour for gaming!!!

You guys are pimping 6 hours!!! bows..."We're not worthy, we're not worthy....haha"
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post #48 of 51
6/2/08 at 11:28pm
haha. Don't get me wrong!! I love this battery life. It's just that you want to maximize productivity...blah,blah,blah.
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post #49 of 51
6/25/08 at 11:58am
Got almost 8 hours of bat life!!!
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post #50 of 51
6/25/08 at 12:44pm
the more you use your battery and recharge after awhile the better charge it will contain... that what i see when I use batteries... when there new that dont hold as much charge until they have been used for awhile...but this only last for so long until the battery starts dying over time...
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post #51 of 51
12/7/08 at 6:20pm
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Small update - after a few months, my total battery life seems to be about 3 hrs on the standard battery and 5:30 with standard battery + smart bay.

I generally take both my batteries out of my computer when they're at around 80% charge to keep them away from the heat generated by the m15x. I charge them just before I need them.
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