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    batt life with 9 cell? + smartbay batt?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by jl1989, Jul 30, 2008.

  1. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    is the 9 cell batteyr worth the money? with 6 cells and sbb i can get like 7 hrs life. i think.. would 9 cell be able to push it over 9 hours?? :-D
     
    jl1989, Jul 30, 2008
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    Maybe, I highly doubt 9 hours tho...I haven't heard that before
     
    chun9430, Jul 30, 2008
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    6cell battery > 3h
    6cell SB battery > +3h

    so basically, 1/2 hour per cell... so how is the 9cell battery supposed to get you (9-3=)6 hours? i'd say you'll get about 7.5h of battery life.
     
    whizzo, Jul 30, 2008
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  4. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    i can already get 7.5 hr battery life with 6cell +6cell smart bay batt tho :x
     
    jl1989, Jul 30, 2008
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  5. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    just idling on the desk or actually being used?
     
    whizzo, Jul 30, 2008
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  6. BattleDuck

    BattleDuck Notebook Geek

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    How do you guys get 3 hours? On wireless, stealth mode, full brightness I get 2 hours max..you think it's the wireless that sucks up a whole hour?
     
    BattleDuck, Jul 30, 2008
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  7. exiled

    exiled -_-

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    use the x3100...
     
    exiled, Jul 30, 2008
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  8. BattleDuck

    BattleDuck Notebook Geek

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    OH YEAHHHHHH I've never tried out the gfx card switcharoo yet..totally forgot about it hahaha I find myself walking back to my desk 80% of the way through a movie to plug it into AC. Thanks!
     
    BattleDuck, Jul 30, 2008
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  9. Stone825

    Stone825 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Turn down your brightness by one half and if you are watching a dvd you may as well turn off your Wi-fi because that could net you an extra 10 minutes possibly.
     
    Stone825, Jul 30, 2008
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  10. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    lol..... that was like the whole point of binarygfx
     
    plasma., Jul 31, 2008
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  11. whizzo

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    and switch off bluetooth. and if you're hardcore, AlienFX as well (Fn+F11 ;)). don't forget stealth mode. also, unplug all peripheral devices, cuz they suck power as well.
     
    whizzo, Jul 31, 2008
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  12. BattleDuck

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    yeah bluetooth is always off..but i like to sacrifice power for the sexy keyboard :)
     
    BattleDuck, Jul 31, 2008
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