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    HP Envy 14 Sandy Bridge Battery Life

    Discussion in 'HP' started by austinwachukwu, Aug 6, 2011.

  1. austinwachukwu

    austinwachukwu Notebook Geek

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    I wanted to know how the battery life has improved with the new SB models and whether there is a huge difference between the new i5's and i7's. Reviews claim about 4 and a half hours with the starting i5. I want to know how much people can expect with the new SB processor + the battery slice. Maybe up to 8 hours?
    Nevertheless, it's still a huge improvement from my i7-720 that gets roughly two hours on a huge charge. =(

    So just leave your laptop configuration, brightness, power setting, usage, and etc.

    Thanks
     
    austinwachukwu, Aug 6, 2011
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  2. yknyong1

    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    i7-2630QM at 100%
    0% brightness
    Web surfing with some flash

    4 hours 50 mins - quite a feat compared to my previous i7-740QM ENVY at 2 hours 20mins
     
    yknyong1, Aug 7, 2011
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  3. austinwachukwu

    austinwachukwu Notebook Geek

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    Just a quick question, did you return your original Envy and get that as a replacement?
     
    austinwachukwu, Aug 7, 2011
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    kingp1ng Notebook Evangelist

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    i5 2.3 ghz
    70% brightness
    websurfing
    HP recommended (balanced)

    4 hrs 35 min
     
    kingp1ng, Aug 7, 2011
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