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    Higher capacity battery?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Zeratul010, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. Zeratul010

    Zeratul010 Notebook Guru

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    Hey, boys and girls. I just placed an order for a Sager 8760, and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. However, all the reviews suggest that the battery life is abysmal. I know it's a desktop replacement, and I'm even used to a 1 hour battery life (this laptop battery's actually only good for 20 minutes or so), but still. Does Sager have any plans to put out a higher-capacity battery, or have they had a history of making higher-capacity batteries in the past?
     
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  2. Blacky

    Blacky Notebook Prophet

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    Hei, I wish there was a higher capacity battery for the M570TU as well... :)
     
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  3. Soviet Sunrise

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    Buy a second battery.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Dec 10, 2009
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    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Could buy a Asus 1000HE/Toshiba NB200 battery, take the 2900ma cells and repack them in your current battery.

    Whoops.. it's li-po as suggested in next post, then not an option.
     
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  5. theriko

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    The 8760 battery is Lithium-Polymer so doesn't use conventional cells (hence the weird shape also)
     
    theriko, Dec 10, 2009
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    Won't help unless there's a second slot for it, right?

    So... the only hope is that Sager manufactures a more powerful battery? Feh.
     
    Zeratul010, Dec 10, 2009
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  7. Soviet Sunrise

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    Hibernate, swap, resume.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Dec 10, 2009
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    You could say "higher density battery" if that is even possible... or maybe even an external solution as found in the Envy 15. But that depends on Clevo. When arrandale is released, I think you will be able to sacrifice performance for battery life (as arrandale ships are bundled with a GPU)... but 4 cells would still be abysmal.
     
    Purlpo, Dec 11, 2009
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    You can get the battery to last ~50 minutes easy, so it will certainly last more than the 20 minutes the OP mentioned.

    Anything longer, I agree with SS.. Hibernate is your friend.
     
    BrandonSi, Dec 11, 2009
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