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    why there is huge difference in battery life?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Peoness, Oct 27, 2008.

  1. Peoness

    Peoness Notebook Enthusiast

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    latitude e6500 and xps 1530 ?
     
    Peoness, Oct 27, 2008
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    graphics cards?

    But seriously, the preset battery settings have a lot to do with it. Some computers have very good power management in both under the hood and through software that manage battery life. more mainstream laptosp do not have any of those advantages.
     
    FrozenDarkness, Oct 27, 2008
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    As far as I know the XPS lacks the Montevina chipset which also promises to reduce power usage somewhat.
     
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    Graphic cards are different in both notebooks.. so it creates that huge difference? latitude claims 6+ hours battery life while xps 1530 runs for only about 3 hours.

    Well, I m looking for good battery life which e6500 provides but its not stylish as xps 1530.
     
    Peoness, Oct 28, 2008
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    I can get 4 hours out of my XPS 1530 and i have the highest GPU
     
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    with 6 cells battery?

    notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4135

    with 9 cell it can be stretched to 4 hours with everything set in order.


    while latitude does more time with 6 cells.
     
    Peoness, Oct 28, 2008
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