 How long does your laptop battery last? |
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 Sep 3 2006, 12:50 PM
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MicrowinX Devoloper  Group: Members Posts: 333 Joined: 27-June 05 Member No.: 62145 
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well i get an amazingly long 13 minutes on my seven year old k6-2
a couple p3's i have might best an hour tho! |
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Sep 3 2006, 12:52 PM
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SEARCH!!! SEARCH!!! SEARCH!!  Group: Super Moderator Posts: 6461 Joined: 2-September 02 From: Montreal, Toronto, & Waterloo, Canada Member No.: 1828 OS: XP Pro x86 
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My iBook lasts up to 6+ hours on the minimum brightness!
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Sep 3 2006, 12:58 PM
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MSFN Expert Group: Members Posts: 1126 Joined: 22-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 91588 OS: Vista Home x86
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lol 13 minutes? thats the way this comp was before i got a good battery for it. what speed is the K6-2? my dad has a toshiba satellite 366 amd and it gets less than 2 hours on a battery. bad computer he got though. terrible display
 my dad got 2 batteries free, and now they both last altogether 6 hours and 30 minutes. i started off at 8:30 this morning, doing quite a lot of stuff. not bad for a 7 year old laptop  (dell inspiron 7000)
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Sep 3 2006, 01:00 PM
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MSFN Expert Group: Members Posts: 1126 Joined: 22-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 91588 OS: Vista Home x86
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Well, how long does your battery last in your laptop?
mine has been going for 6 hours now
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Sep 3 2006, 01:20 PM
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Nlite user n lovin' it Group: Members Posts: 598 Joined: 6-February 05 From: UK Member No.: 43248 OS: XP Pro x86 
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roughly around 3hrs depending on usage
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Sep 3 2006, 01:42 PM
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MSFN Expert Group: Members Posts: 1126 Joined: 22-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 91588 OS: Vista Home x86
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man this poll got messed up
i made the poll, yet spazmire11 is at the top 
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Sep 5 2006, 07:12 PM
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Coffee Aficionado Group: Members Posts: 3000 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Coffeeland Member No.: 24596 OS: Vista Ultimate x64
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It really depends. Screen on full intensity watching mpeg4 videos with lots of post-processing (CPU ~100%) and such, or screen dimmed low, cpu idle and such? I could pretty much pick all the options on that poll...
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Jan 28 2007, 06:23 PM
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I'm a Geek... Group: Members Posts: 1720 Joined: 31-May 05 From: Waterbury, Vermont Member No.: 58421 OS: Vista Ultimate x86
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My Dads laptop can do about 4 hours and 3 hours on max brightness
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Jan 28 2007, 09:17 PM
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iPod therefore iHappy Group: Members Posts: 1290 Joined: 13-August 03 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 5736
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I get 5+ hour with middle brightness, bluetooth turned off, wifi on, and video card at power save. I could probably get even more with all radios turned off and the brightness at the lowest, but it's hard to play internet games with the radio off during boring classes.
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 Feb 9 2007, 05:41 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 9-February 07 From: Oxford Member No.: 125798
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1hr if im lucky.....
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Feb 9 2007, 12:13 PM
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MSFN Master Group: Super Moderator Posts: 2771 Joined: 24-September 03 From: Indiana Member No.: 7346 OS: Vista Enterprise x86
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depends upon what I'm doing and if I'm using wireless or wired network.
average around 4 hours, minimum has been 3 max around 7 |
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Feb 9 2007, 02:12 PM
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Bass Lover!!! :D Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 10-December 05 From: UK Member No.: 82061 OS: Vista Home Premium x86
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3 hours on average.....with my asus A6Q
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Feb 9 2007, 02:41 PM
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MSFN Master Group: Members Posts: 2721 Joined: 22-May 05 From: Paris Member No.: 57090 OS: none 
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Asus A6T : from 2.5 to 3 hours.
I think GeForce 7600Go is not the best card at power saving. :rolleys: This post has been edited by Camarade_Tux: Feb 9 2007, 02:42 PM |
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Feb 9 2007, 11:57 PM
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Scroll up - see the Google bar? Group: Super Moderator Posts: 5318 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Vancouver, Canada Member No.: 32464 OS: Vista Ultimate x64
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I'm about the same as Iceman. 4-5 hours for the most part, and as low as 2 when I'm gaming on batteries...
 6:40 is the longest that I've timed while using my laptop. I was doing just basic writing with that though. Wireless off, screen brightness down.
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Feb 10 2007, 09:39 AM
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Bass Lover!!! :D Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 10-December 05 From: UK Member No.: 82061 OS: Vista Home Premium x86
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QUOTE (Camarade_Tux @ Feb 9 2007, 08:41 PM)  Asus A6T : from 2.5 to 3 hours. I think GeForce 7600Go is not the best card at power saving. :rolleys: i cant find the link, but i used a modded inf file with lastest geforce drivers...and i have powersaving mode options in control panel........do a search |
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Feb 10 2007, 11:34 AM
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MSFN Master Group: Members Posts: 2721 Joined: 22-May 05 From: Paris Member No.: 57090 OS: none
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QUOTE (3aces @ Feb 10 2007, 04:39 PM) QUOTE (Camarade_Tux @ Feb 9 2007, 08:41 PM) Asus A6T : from 2.5 to 3 hours. I think GeForce 7600Go is not the best card at power saving. :rolleys: i cant find the link, but i used a modded inf file with lastest geforce drivers...and i have powersaving mode options in control panel........do a search I have it but a 7600Go will always take more power than a 910 integrated.
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Feb 10 2007, 11:36 AM
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Bass Lover!!! :D Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 10-December 05 From: UK Member No.: 82061 OS: Vista Home Premium x86
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QUOTE (Camarade_Tux @ Feb 10 2007, 05:34 PM) QUOTE (3aces @ Feb 10 2007, 04:39 PM) QUOTE (Camarade_Tux @ Feb 9 2007, 08:41 PM) Asus A6T : from 2.5 to 3 hours. I think GeForce 7600Go is not the best card at power saving. :rolleys: i cant find the link, but i used a modded inf file with lastest geforce drivers...and i have powersaving mode options in control panel........do a search I have it but a 7600Go will always take more power than a 910 integrated. true but power saving can help...i have a 6200 go in mine..........lool...not a very good card btw lool |
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Apr 2 2007, 10:13 PM
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Nerd-in-Chief Group: Members Posts: 1093 Joined: 25-February 07 From: Somewhere Member No.: 128497 OS: Server 2008 x86
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Not long enough?
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