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    1330 Battery life?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jman888, Sep 26, 2008.

  1. jman888

    jman888 Notebook Consultant

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    How does it do with screen on lowest brightness,Lowest settings (All of them CPU etc.) And simple web browsing in firefox. Both with 8400 and x3100.

    My dads thinkpad gets 3.5-4 Hours like that.
    (x61)
     
    jman888, Sep 26, 2008
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    lunatuna Notebook Enthusiast

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    It depends on what size battery you are using. With my 6-cell I get just under 3 hours with low screen brightness and just web browsing.
     
    lunatuna, Sep 26, 2008
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    On my 1330 (with nvidia card) and 9 cell battery I get more than 6h of juice.
     
    ZeusII, Sep 27, 2008
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    With my 6 cell I get about 3.5 hours, wifi on, 60% brightness, bt off, just surfing.
     
    mystery905, Sep 27, 2008
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    I have yet to do a full battery test but I'm assuming that I'll get around 3 hours use from the 6 cell battery - assuming I'm doing wifi on and regular tasks like running office apps and surfing.
     
    billy_b0b, Sep 27, 2008
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    lowest brightness, power saving mode, MS word and web browsing using firefox i get about 3 hrs. Thats simple news reading. Anything elsei can kill my battery in about 2.5 hours.
     
    ampedxpinoy, Sep 27, 2008
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    I have a 9 cell battery and a led screen, and I get about 4hrs with max brightness internet browsing, freecell, and AIM. 8400gs
     
    lostboi2069, Sep 27, 2008
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    6-cell, LED, half brightness

    3+hours just surfing net

    and of course undervolting the CPU....
     
    paper_wastage, Sep 27, 2008
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