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    Battery Life of Asus.

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by jtay, Jul 11, 2008.

  1. jtay

    jtay Notebook Geek

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    Im really loving the F8 series. for university and stuff but like..everyone tells me to get the dell m1530 over it anyday because of crappy battery life of asus. what should i listen to? lol it seems like everyone has a different of opinion i just need some asus people to answer their own experience with battery life of your laptops. because yeah..i dont know. please help. (and be as unbiased as you can haha)
     
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    boogieman99 Notebook Consultant

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    asus packs in more features for a cheaper price and has a much better warranty

    dell has spotty customer service and their notebooks are quite expensive. i just chose the m50sva1 over a lesser equipped m1530. in addition to saving $500 i am quite pleased with the asus.

    if you can live with short battery life asus > dell, imo
     
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  3. jtay

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    mm sounds good.. but im also waiting until next week for new platform for perhaps a better increased battery life?
     
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    because of the new cpu and gpus that are lesser wattage.
     
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    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    Asus battery life? What battery life? I don't see no battery life.

    In general, Asus notebooks have crappy battery life. Poor power management and ACPI coding.
     
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    This man speaks the truth
     
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    boo that sucks haha okay.
     
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    its just basically keep a/c on then eh? aha
     
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    So everyone has told you by now that the battery life is a huge issue with ASUS laptops.
    Now you have to decide how much that will affect you. If you stay home a lot and you'll have your laptop plugged into the wall then maybe the ASUS is a better choice. But on the other hand, if you're on the go a lot, or you just want to have the security of being able to last longer without being connected to the wall then go for the dell.
     
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    mhm thanks alot =)
     
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    Does anyone think that 2 and a half - 3 hours is good battery life for using in a university. I asked my brother and he said his laptops lasts 1.5 hours. However, he doesn't use it to type his notes, just to type papers and stuff.
     
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    i have the f8sn-c1 and i can squeeze out 3 hours after undervolting, vista tweaks, and disabling the camera/bluetooth, which actually isn't bad for a 6 cell battery. only issue is that there's no option for a larger battery with the f8 series.

    good battery life is around 4-5 hours. if you have a break between classes or can charge during classes you should be fine.
     
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  13. FusiveResonance

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    2.5 - 3 hours is acceptable depending on your level of usage. You probably wont be using your laptop to take notes for every single class so 2.5 - 3 should be ok. On the other hand...if you do plan on using it during every single class then 4 - 5 is what you want.
     
    FusiveResonance, Jul 12, 2008
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