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    First "Enviro" (Boston Power) battery hits HP's website

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ElBlufer, Mar 11, 2009.

  1. ElBlufer

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    ElBlufer, Mar 11, 2009
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    Why is this a better battery? HP says it's more sustainable, but isn't that an oxymoron, considering all of us that already have laptops are going to throw our current batteries in the garbage once we get the uber-cool Enviro batteries? Ok, so obviously we're not going to junk the old ones, but you get my point.
     
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    I'm guessing LiPo? Please release these for business notebooks, if possible. That'd be like, awesome.
     
    MGS2392, Mar 11, 2009
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    What are the exact advantages of this, besides it lasting till the end of time?
     
    nu_D, Mar 12, 2009
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  5. ElBlufer

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    I think it's mostly just the lasting longer thing. Makes the battery much more worth it IMHO. We'll see what people say after they get theirs, though.
     
    ElBlufer, Mar 12, 2009
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    Who buys five batteries in three years?
     
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  7. Johnny T

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    HP says its Li-ion. And yes, I want one for my 8510p. :D
     
    Johnny T, Mar 12, 2009
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    What about for the dv7?
     
    Tippey764, Mar 12, 2009
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    Ah, I read an article about this in the IEEE Spectrum magazine maybe a year or so earlier - been wondering when they would finally be adopted by HP, who was disclosed to be the first customer a while back.

    Here, I found the article, available here.

    Here's the company's website.
     
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    Well I had 2 for 2 years. They die every year for me.
     
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    Yep, me too, ~1year each. But I buy the bare cells and replace 'em myself, they're only $3 each compared to the price of a new pack...
     
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    I have had two dv6000 12 cell batteries for over a year there still going strong
     
    Tippey764, Mar 13, 2009
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