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    XPS M1710. Do you actually own one?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sydney_australia, Jun 3, 2007.

  1. sydney_australia

    sydney_australia Notebook Guru

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    Everyone goes on about how good this laptop is.

    I would like to know one specific thing.

    What is the battery power like genearlly speaking?

    Any ideas or experiences to share????

    I hear it only last 2 hours just having it turned on not even running games??

    (on the 9 cell - 80 w)
     
    sydney_australia, Jun 3, 2007
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    whackamac Notebook Geek

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    If I stretch it I can get almost 2:30-2:45, but I have to turn all the led's off, brightness down, Speedstep, turn off internal NIC, etc...

    But for this amount of power, WHO CARES!!!
     
    whackamac, Jun 4, 2007
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  3. sydney_australia

    sydney_australia Notebook Guru

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    wow

    u own this p.c??

    so.... if i am watching a movie or showing people a dvd music slideshow etc

    i am lucky if i get 90 miuntes right????


    hey - can i ask u - with you 1710 p.c. - what are ur options with
    the sound card / sofetware?

    do u have the option to put on echo / hall etc

    what features does it have?

    (audigy?)


     
    sydney_australia, Jun 5, 2007
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  4. Sirius_GTO

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    ifu git thsea aidnugey sondblasser card u kan pput it in hall and eho whaevr yiu wunt
     
    Sirius_GTO, Jun 5, 2007
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  5. sydney_australia

    sydney_australia Notebook Guru

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    u mean like this???

    below?

    a bit like these options?





     

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    I can get 2:45-3 hours from it
     
    mtor, Jun 5, 2007
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    yes sir, like that.
     
    Sirius_GTO, Jun 5, 2007
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    Yeah, you get that amount when powersaving. I put my system on full power(max cpu and max gpu) when it was not plugged in, and I barely got around 2 hours. Of course, it's a pretty demanding system, so I can understand that.
     
    dmvp41, Jun 5, 2007
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