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    Battery life of DV6 quad

    Discussion in 'HP' started by naturelover12321, Oct 29, 2011.

  1. naturelover12321

    naturelover12321 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a DV6 with i7 2630 qm and HD6770m.


    What battery life will i get from this laptop?


    Im talking about WiFI on, some apps open like WORD and Firefox and on Power saver with Brightness around 40-50 and with integrated graphics instead of Dedicated
     
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    naturelover12321 Notebook Consultant

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    I dont actually have this laptop, i have ordered it today and its supposed to arrive by monday
     
    naturelover12321, Oct 29, 2011
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    On the 9-cell battery with word and excel and wifi on it's usually around 8-9 hrs.

    With internet and word, and some apps usually around 6:30-7:30 hrs.

    That's usually the estimated time and usually stays around that mentioned time. The 9-cell really seem to last a long time I've gone 4 hrs and only has gone down to around 55%-65% and that's doing word, excel, chrome, and some videos.
     
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    I would definitely recommend the 9 cell battery. I have both and with the 9 cell I usually get 7-9 hours. It does stick out the bottom a little, I prefer that for typing and cooling though.
     
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    On my 6 cell I get about 4.5 hours with 2 of those hours browsing/running a linux VM for C++ and the other 2.5 hours are going through powerpoint slides.
     
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    I've got the 9 cell as well and wi-fi, YouTube or media players, Beats audio, max brightness are constantly on. Depending on the usage, I get about 5-9 hours.
     
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    I get about 6.5 hours browsing the internet at full brightness and switched to the integrated graphics. I can squeeze another hour out if I limit the CPU speed to 800mhz.

    This is with the 9 cell.
     
    scy1192, Oct 29, 2011
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