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    S260 standard battery and 6+ hours of on-time

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rovert, Mar 28, 2005.

  1. rovert

    rovert Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    I downloaded a program called SpeedswtichXP at http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/ and I did a simple test of regular internet browsing...nothing CPU intensive for long periods of time as you can see. With the LCD at it's lowest setting and SpeedswitchXP set to Max battery I got about 6 hours and 10 minutes of battery life with WiFi on the whole time.

    That number is pretty good compared to my last test of 4 hours for internet surfing, WiFi OFF, USB Bluetooth adapter on and connected to my phone for GPRS internet, and lowest LCD brightness.

    I also get about 3-4 hours with Wifi on, internet browsing and screen set to about 80% of brightness. I guess Centrino spec Wifi is more power efficient than my USB bluetooth adapter. I wonder what it's like with built in bluetooth....

    Try the program out guys and lets see what battery times we can get. Take care!

    --Trevor--
    "Stock" VAIO S260
     
    rovert, Mar 28, 2005
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