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    8000 and 9000 Series Battery Life?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by treynolds, Oct 8, 2006.

  1. treynolds

    treynolds Notebook Guru

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    Anyone have any guess as to differences in battery life between the (now obsolete) DV/DT8000 series and the new DT9000 series?

    I would like to be able to get 3 hours for playing a DVD if necessary. I don't expect to be that far away from a power source, but anything under 2.5 hours is unacceptable.

    TR
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    It's a 17" laptop, how good could it be?
     
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    KrispyKreme50 Notebook Evangelist

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    You might be able to get that much battery life with the dv9000's high capacity 8 cell but I doubt dv8000s will last that long.
     
    KrispyKreme50, Oct 9, 2006
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    I had a dv8000t, and the battery life seemed to be quite a bit longer than the dv9000z that I have now. I never actually timed it, however, but I really think the battery life in the 9000z is not good at all. I always keep it plugged in because it seems to run out so quickly if it's unplugged.
     
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    Just to clarify, HP sells two versions of their 8 cell battery for the dv9000 series.
     
    KrispyKreme50, Oct 10, 2006
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    I have a dv8000, and while I don't know the times for watching a dvd, for basic web surfing/im etc with brightness almost all the way down and wireless/bluetooth off i can top out at about 3.5 hours. Now wireless kills it very, very fast--even faster if you have a bluetooth device connected. I venture to say watching a dvd might knock it down to 2.5 hours max. And that's being generous.
     
    themanwiththeblacksax, Oct 10, 2006
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