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    A little battery life question for M1330 or other options

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by kirkus, Mar 21, 2009.

  1. kirkus

    kirkus Notebook Consultant

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    I woul like to know how much i can get with the 9 cell battery, LED display, ssd and 8400.
    I am looking at a 13.3-14.1 with long battery life. Any other suggestions? I like the illuminated keyboard on the studio 1340, but it's heavier and i hate that leather part, plus the airflow problems.
    Lenovo u330 is nice, but have some battery problems as i saw. I don't know much about HP dv4t.
    Also, in Canada is a little harder to configure a HP or Lenovo... :(
     
    kirkus, Mar 21, 2009
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  2. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    M1330- With a 9 cell and SSD, with WiFi on, you are looking at something around 6 hours.. provided you turn down the brightness.. no webcam usage.. and no video playback.. basically just word processing and surfing..
     
    sesshomaru, Mar 21, 2009
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Latitude E4300 or E6400? The 13" E4300 weighs less than 4lbs and is going to get something like six hours on a 6-Cell. If you need dedicated graphics, the 14" E6400 weights around 5lbs and (with a discrete GPU) will get the same six hours on a 9-Cell. No leather or airflow problems on either, too :)
     
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  4. xpyes

    xpyes Notebook Guru

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    one of the issues I have with the e series latitudes is the low screen contrast compared to their xps consumer brethren (according to notebookcheck). I seriously considered an e4300 (they're so pretty!), but paying more money for a washed out screen really put me off. anyway, I ended up taking a punt on the xps m1330 again, but got a 2 year warranty and still saved money compared to buying an e4300.
     
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