M11X battery

There was another thread the same as this but it is closed. Anyway, what battery life is everyone getting? I'm only a little over 4hrs on the Intel graphics.

 

I'm on 7.5

 

God Damn!! Geez, what settings do you use?

At this moment i am 80% = 3hrs 15mins

Just changed some power settings and now 79% = 3hrs 30 mins

 

This is when I'm in class taking notes. Sometimes I have class from 12 pm until 6pm. I disable wifi and bluetooth (enable wifi sometimes to check email or surf a little bit), disable alien fx, screen brightness on 2 (but as the battery starts draining, I go down to 1). And every hour there's a little break, and sometimes I do play some mw 2 a bit during that break. During those breaks if I don't play and am giving my attention to my friends I put it to sleep (10 minutes each). Detailed enough? or need more info

 

Ah, cool, yeah I guess Wifi off helps a bit. I'm gonna have a fiddle and see what I can get. If I get over 6 i'll be happy. When they say it has Xhrs battery life, they mean when it's not doing anything.

Lo & behold! I charged it a bit and turned off wifi, 5hrs 45mins @ 90%

 

You can put the wifi adapter in power saving mode... that will probably help as well? Thus still having wifi and awesome battery life

But you're right they should have said 7 hours doing nothing but office 2007 word lol

 

Honestly I never go by the "estimated time left", heck one time it literally said i had 87 HOURS of battery life left, have a screenshot of it around somewhere. The estimate always fluctuates for no apparant reason, but on my time its around 7 hours ish.

 

Hey I was wondering, when you have your laptop as brightness 1 or 2, does the glare of the screen become bothersome in the classroom? Especially when classrooms have the bright fluorescent lights? Thanks!

BTW, Battery stats look great! I am hoping to purchase one

 

actually no not really, and I would really hate the glare... but no, the screen isn't bothersome at all. You notice it, yes; but it's not an issue. If you know what I mean, I can def. recommend it if you're planning in buying one.

 

Yeah, I hate glare, but I have taught myself how to "focus past" the glare.

 

And you know? 6hrs battery is still pretty sweet. I love this thing, I really don't miss my macbook at all. A few minor quibles but otherwise perfect.

 

Why would you miss a macbook? Macintosh's suck.

 

just in case you didn't do this - the battery life indicator MUST have the battery fully drain without charging it from a full charge a couple of times so the indicator can adjust to the battery. so let it fully charge, and let it fully drain from regular use.

 

Disable a few things in startup and you will easily see 7 hour (or more) battery life.