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    W500 battery life

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by tzcomwiz, Sep 1, 2008.

  1. tzcomwiz

    tzcomwiz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know the battery life for the W500 using the 9-cell battery for normal tasks like browsing, email, chat, word processing, etc. with wireless?

    Thanks.
     
    tzcomwiz, Sep 1, 2008
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    Should be around 3hr...
     
    excelblue, Sep 1, 2008
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  3. Dreamer

    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    This isn't true, the W500 has a switchable video card, and should be able to get 5-6 hours easily, possibly more depending on the usage.

    Looks at the reviews of the T500, the battery life should be similar.
     
    Dreamer, Sep 1, 2008
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  4. menos

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    Good point!
    Besides, 3h with a discrete GPU is still a pessimistic estimate... since T61p with a 6-cell battery serves c.a. 2.5h of browsing, chatting and word processing.
     
    menos, Sep 1, 2008
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    On absolute minimum brightness, integrated graphics w/ settings on maximum power saving, Optical drive + bluetooth off, Wifi ON, browsing + torrents at about 450kbps, without using battery stretch, my battery life is 3 hours with a 6 cell battery. Not too shabby.
     
    MastahRiz, Apr 5, 2009
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  6. sgogeta4

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    You could probably hit 7 hours if you have min brightness, integrated graphics, only web surfing or taking notes and stuff. In the T500 review (the same hardware basically), 6.5 hrs was achieved w/ integrated graphics, 60% brightness, and wireless active.

    http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4565
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 5, 2009
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    That's with a 9 cell battery. I'm using a 6 cell. I'm guessing torrenting adds a lot of hard drive use that brings my battery time down. Constant wifi traffic also uses more battery than just browsing. I haven't done a proper test though with all the power saving settings and nothing but just wifi + browsing. Still don't think it would hit 5 hours though.
     
    MastahRiz, Apr 5, 2009
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    I get outstanding battery life on my W500 when on integrated graphics. I have a P9500 processor and a 6 cell battery and 4 hours isn't an issue.
     
    Paul386, Apr 5, 2009
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    On my T500 with 9-cell and a P8700, I managed to ekk out barely 8 hours while on the second lowest screen brightness, wireless on. Normal usage figure 5-7 hours.
     
    MidnightSun, Apr 5, 2009
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  10. MastahRiz

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    I wonder how much of that is because of the P vs the T series processors.
     
    MastahRiz, Apr 5, 2009
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    I doubt much. If you aren't stressing it much while you are on battery, the difference in power consumption is minimal (maybe a difference of 5-10 min).
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 6, 2009
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  12. MastahRiz

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    I realized my processor speed on battery was set to max. Changing it to adaptive has boosted my battery life by almost 1.5 hours.
     
    MastahRiz, Apr 25, 2009
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  13. kevroc

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    That's a great battery life...couple of questions for you if you don't mind...
    1. What OS are you using?
    2. What display do you have?
    3. What are your basic power settings?

    I have the WUXGA model, am using Windows 7 and I usually use mid brightness and adaptive CPU and am getting just over 2 hours with discreet graphics but would love to get 4 hours. I have the P8400 chip but have a new W500 coming Monday with the P9500 like you have.

    Thanks!
     
    kevroc, Apr 25, 2009
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  14. domaxx

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    6cell 3 hours
     
    domaxx, Apr 25, 2009
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