haha, thanks aamsel. we'll keep trying to come up with a system that meets your expectations, you've got to give us some help here and lower the bar a bit =D
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hey jw-- you might be right about the 1-1.5 hrs more, but there's no way for me to know personally right now. i have to just go on what others have said about it, and trust their judgement of its potential. i'll be sure to test it out when i get my notebook. we heard kethal's comments, that's very reassuring, here's yet another cl56 user's take on how his does:
that's odd...my cl56 yields about 30 min. of computing power per 10% discharge...this includes surfing wirelessly (i.e. msn messenger/aim/ java), working in word, and listening to mp3's. Maybe your power profile needs to change? try staying on a lower mhz and only scale up when you really need that power.
thats a little vague, but if you do 10 x 30 min = 300 min roughly, it comes to 5 hours (approx). even if you even take away 1 hour to be conservative, that's still 4 hours, wow. sounds like numbers that kethal is getting. and for me, light text editing (coding progs) + wireless use is really what i need the laptop for at school, so i think "working in word, playing mp3s, and surfing wirelessly" should amount to about the same power drain.
what i'm hoping is that the 1.7 ghz / 7200 rpm won't have too much of an additional drain on the batt (i think the guy i quoted above has a 1.5 / 5400 rpm). from the stuff i've read on THG about the hitachi 7k60 (which is what i'm assuming i'll get) and the way the relative P-M architectures are designed, i'm guessing i'll also be able to post such good numbers. it really is fantastic to me, to be able to have such a powerful computer run for so long... 4 hours on the standard batt, i'm drooling. hehe
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Originally Posted by jw95275
u realize the 4-4.5 hr numbers that rince and tuaranuk were getting were with screen at 2nd bottom brightness and doing nothing but very light tasks
i would say 1-1.5 is more reasonable... based off of 3.5hrs of normal usage on the cl56... of course, all u cl56 owners in the forums can correct me if i'm wrong |
that's odd...my cl56 yields about 30 min. of computing power per 10% discharge...this includes surfing wirelessly (i.e. msn messenger/aim/ java), working in word, and listening to mp3's. Maybe your power profile needs to change? try staying on a lower mhz and only scale up when you really need that power.
thats a little vague, but if you do 10 x 30 min = 300 min roughly, it comes to 5 hours (approx). even if you even take away 1 hour to be conservative, that's still 4 hours, wow. sounds like numbers that kethal is getting. and for me, light text editing (coding progs) + wireless use is really what i need the laptop for at school, so i think "working in word, playing mp3s, and surfing wirelessly" should amount to about the same power drain.
what i'm hoping is that the 1.7 ghz / 7200 rpm won't have too much of an additional drain on the batt (i think the guy i quoted above has a 1.5 / 5400 rpm). from the stuff i've read on THG about the hitachi 7k60 (which is what i'm assuming i'll get) and the way the relative P-M architectures are designed, i'm guessing i'll also be able to post such good numbers. it really is fantastic to me, to be able to have such a powerful computer run for so long... 4 hours on the standard batt, i'm drooling. hehe
), for one. makes it a lot easier to "go mobile," even if it's a rare event for you. looks def like it's the first in the "new class" of hybrids that jw mentioned should take off soon.
