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    A300 Battery Life

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by allan_huang, Aug 15, 2008.

  1. allan_huang

    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    I was wondering what kind of battery time you people get on your A300/A300D/A305D.
    Please state your processor and gpu and 1/2 lcd brightness if you can, or what ever times you have and what you were doing

    2:00 hours
    T5750 2.0
    ATI HD 3470 256DDR2
    1/2 brightness
    msn, web, music
     
    allan_huang, Aug 15, 2008
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  2. iRis9091

    iRis9091 Notebook Consultant

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    well mate, toshiba pretty much sucks at battery life.
    sad since i myself have a A200

    2:00 hours
    T7100 1.8
    ATI HD2600 256DDR2
    1/2 Brightness - Balanced mode
    wifi on and light browsing and IM

    and btw i was wondering.. how much does a 9cell battery cost from toshiba because i can't seem to find them anywhere on the site
     
    iRis9091, Aug 17, 2008
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  3. TimBikes

    TimBikes Notebook Geek

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    1:40 hours on power save mode, less on balanced
    ATI 3650 (I think)
    Intel T8600 2.4 ghz (I think - sorry - bought 6 months ago and can't remember all the specs)
    50% LCD
    Wifi, light applications

    The 9 cell battery is $139.99 on NewEgg. I haven't bought it though. I don't like the way it sticks out from under the machine. But battery life on the A300 sucks.
     
    TimBikes, Dec 9, 2008
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  4. wewe

    wewe Notebook Evangelist

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    does downgrading from vista to xp extend the battery life since vista requirements are much more than xp ??
     
    wewe, Dec 14, 2008
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