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    Vostro Battery Life: What are you getting?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by iamkion132, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. iamkion132

    iamkion132 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm waiting to get my 1500 and I have read online that the thing can get up to 5 hours of battery life, which is twice what I get with my current one on a good day. Mine has the 8600GT in it and I upgrading to a slightly faster 1.6GHz Intel duel core from the stock 1.4. I'll be happy if I get 3 hours on average.
     
    iamkion132, Jan 26, 2008
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    hwaforumtk Notebook Guru

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    3 hours is pretty much what I get on battery but thats with running at 50% frequency (830mhz) and display at half bright.
     
    hwaforumtk, Jan 26, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    6-cell battery, 3-4 hrs is what I'm getting.
     
    pixelot, Jan 26, 2008
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    With my 9 cell, I average about 5 hours running standard office applications, with lcd set to max brightness and wi-fi off. With wi-fi on and running office apps it drops to about 4 hours. Playing video games, obviously makes a big impact on battery life, I average about 2.5 to 3 hours.
     
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    RovingCalypso Notebook Consultant

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    2-3 hours, on almost full to full brightness on my vostro in signature.

    Its without wlan turned on.
     
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    iamkion132 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright. Nothing too out there but decent enough. Thanks for the answers.
     
    iamkion132, Jan 26, 2008
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