Better battery life with Intel wireless???

I was talking to HP sales regarding the DV4000 and was told that with the intel wireless card I will get about an hour more of battery life. Is this true?? I know the broadcom card gets a little better range.

 

The Intel 2200bg may be slightly better in battery consumption due to the Centrino compliance, but I don't think it will be a significant difference. I can't imagine the wireless interface consumes 20% of the energy. I am using the BC wireless and I am still getting 5-6hours from a 12-cell battery with WiFi on all the time.

 

Do you like/dislike the fact that the 12 cell does not sit flush with the rest of the notebook? I ordered a 12 cell with a compaq v4000t and am thinking of returning it for the dv4000 and wonder if i should keep the 12 cell or go to a 6 cell.

 

It depends. The additional height from the 12-cell helps the ventilation. It does not bother me when I am using it on a desk. It actually helps my wrist. The problem is when carrying it day in and day out. It does not fit in a carrying case very well and it adds a pound to the total weight. If the battery life is critical, you have to bear with it. It is fine with me. I would have gotten two 6-cell if I placed the order a week earlier when there was a free battery promotion and save $39.

 

I think two six cells is the way to go, and that's what I got. Bill is an ergonomic anomoly, I guess, because an ergonomist will tell you that the best keyboard for typing will actually have some negative tilt, and that forward tilt is very bad - it's just a holdover from mechanical typewriters. It's all personal preference, of course, and if it doesn't hurt you then that's great. My wrists feel best typing on my MS Natural 4000, so the least my notebook's built-in keyboard can do for me is be flat instead of titled forward.

 

I agree with Slappy about keyboard ergonomics. I always used to wonder why they give positive tilt instead of negative tilt. But I am pretty sure many hardcode typers prefer negative tilt. personally I feel comfortable with negative tilt or zero tilt.

 

I guess I just get used to that positive tilt angle as I started typing 30 years ago on a mechanical typewriter, then an AppleII, ...... Getting too old to change my habit.

 

So guys which wireless is better in Dv4000/V4000t - the intel pro or the speedbooster?

 

We got into that very issue yesterday in this thread, but the short answer is that it's kind of a wash between the two. Some folks say they get better range with the Broadcom, some folks say the Intel 2200BG has problems (though not so much lately - maybe there was a bad batch of cards?), but they're both supposed to work the same.

 

I think it was the latest Intel 2200BG driver or firmware solved the problem. I had been using the 2200bg in my previous Inspiron8200 and it did have a shorter range that forced me to set up a wireless bridge at home. Now I am getting good connection with my DV4000 with BC even without the bridge.

 

The Intel card in my DV4000 works just fine, no complaints whatsoever.

 

ok so the intel card is better than the speedbooster? Im ordering my v4000t today so just checking!!!

 

There is no better - it's just a personal choice. Broadcom has better range (at least for some), Intel gets a neat little "Centrino" sticker.... You can't go wrong with either, though.