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    Vastly different battery life on 13 & 14" models

    Discussion in 'HP' started by greenfields, Aug 14, 2009.

  1. greenfields

    greenfields Newbie

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    Is this due just because of LED? Seems pretty crappy the 14" gets about 2 hours on a 6-cell battery and the 13" gets 6.

    I wonder if they are planning on redoing the dv4 line to get LED displays if this is the reason?
     
    greenfields, Aug 14, 2009
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  2. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    The DV4 used to have an LED screen option.
     
    Jayayess1190, Aug 15, 2009
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  3. Jusin

    Jusin Notebook Guru

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    Where do you see the DV-3 getting 6 hours of battery life on a 6 cell?
     
    Jusin, Aug 16, 2009
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  4. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    Na, that's not right. Depending on how you configure them you might be looking at an hour difference at most but in most cases they will get very similar times, probably within 15 minutes of each other.
     
    nu_D, Aug 16, 2009
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