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    Battery life w/ + w/o Smartbay

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by MissingSix, May 1, 2008.

  1. MissingSix

    MissingSix Notebook Consultant

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    What sort of battery lifes do you get running in stealth mode doing word processing? Is there a large enough increase to warrent the battery smartbay? I'll definitly buy it eventually, just curious as to weather i should slim down elsewhere to put it in for the time being.
     
  2. the.s.a.i.n.t

    the.s.a.i.n.t Notebook Consultant

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    when you buy the standard battery and the smartbay battery your m15x will run twice as long. That means 4,5-5 hours as long as it's not under light load.
     
  3. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    well not exactly twice as long because the normal battery has 5200mAh, the SB battery has 3800mAh. but definitely noticeably longer.
     
  4. Lethal Lottery

    Lethal Lottery Notebook Betrayer

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    full brightness , with everything on(even full alien fx) except blutooth, doing web browsing i get like 1:20 minuites. they say that you can get double that with smart bay battery. btw i was using high perforamce deticated graphics and stealth mode. if i where to enable intergrated graphics i guess i would have around another 20-30 minutes.

    EDIT I MEANT TO SAY 1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES
     
  5. MissingSix

    MissingSix Notebook Consultant

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    Oh thanks that's what I wanted to know. So the general answer is it'll effectivly add 70-80% extra life? Guess I have to buy it when I get my M15X :p definitly worth the extra cash now.
     
  6. Lessaj7

    Lessaj7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Using all the possible ways to save power, I can get 4 hours on just the regular 6 cell.
     
  7. MissingSix

    MissingSix Notebook Consultant

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    That's pretty impressive considering the possible power you can get from the M15x through it's 8800 which is obviously a massive draw for most of us I'd say. But to also obtain 6+ hours possibly with the smart bay? Beautiful, I don't know how I can't order one now.
     
  8. tacomenace21

    tacomenace21 Notebook Deity

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    Make sure you buy after you receive ur m15x it will be cheaper :)