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    Question about Vostro 1400 and 1500

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by manzi, Jul 26, 2007.

  1. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    If i configure the Vostro 1400 and 1500 to the specs below:

    Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 Processor (1.6GHz,800MHz,2MB L2 cache)
    2GB RAM
    8400M GS
    Vista Home Premium

    and say if do the same tasks on each (sufing the net, downloading, listening to music), how much extra battery life would i get out of the Vostro 1400 (14") compared to the Vostro 1500 (15") ?

    Thx for ur time
     
    manzi, Jul 26, 2007
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  2. Zagnut

    Zagnut Notebook Consultant

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    I would say none, or a few minutes at most
     
    Zagnut, Jul 26, 2007
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  3. ocellaris

    ocellaris Notebook Evangelist

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    Minimal change in battery life as both systems are on the same platform (Santa Rosa). A lot of the power drains will be nearly identical between the systems (CPU, HD, GPU, RAM...) so you are only saving a bit of energy to light the smaller screen.
     
    ocellaris, Jul 26, 2007
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  4. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    Are you sure as i heard the smaller screen will give more battery life or will it only be small like 5-10 mins or bigger like 30 mins?
     
    manzi, Jul 27, 2007
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The battery life is not going to be drastically different.

    I would definitely go for the 1400 if you want portability. I carried around 15"/15.4" notebooks for a number of years until I finally switched to something smaller.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 27, 2007
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