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    Battery Life/Performance on the M14x ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Super Octet, Apr 30, 2011.

  1. Super Octet

    Super Octet Notebook Geek

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    Hi everyone,

    Some of you here already got their hands on the M14x but, correct me if I'm wrong, we still haven't heard any feedback about battery life.

    How is the battery life ?

    I would really like to know how long the M14x can stay unplugged when only browsing using Wifi and max screen brightness for instance.

    Thank you in advance !
     
    Super Octet, Apr 30, 2011
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  2. Serephucus

    Serephucus Notebook Deity

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    This is exactly what I'm looking for too.

    Browser open using Intel IGP
    Screen at 100% brightness
    WiFi and AlienFX on.
    Everything else off.
     
    Serephucus, Apr 30, 2011
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  3. TitanGod

    TitanGod Notebook Evangelist

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    On battery,

    With AlienFX off, Brightness at 1 Notch above lowest settings, and wifi on w/regular browsing

    I got around 5hrs 30min of just browsing web. (my battery was already at 95% when it displayed this)
     
    TitanGod, Apr 30, 2011
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  4. jeffreybaks

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    Id like to know about the battery, some other members were having hard times gaming on battery, is anyone else? What kind of timeleft times are you seeing also at full charge with different power settings?
     
    jeffreybaks, Apr 30, 2011
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  5. Killer Juice

    Killer Juice Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm. So it seems you can only hit 6 hours with no brightness, everything off. (and idling too maybe)
     
    Killer Juice, Apr 30, 2011
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  6. Serephucus

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    Which I guess it what Dell did when testing. What do you get with full brightness?
     
    Serephucus, Apr 30, 2011
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  7. Super Octet

    Super Octet Notebook Geek

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    Thank you TitanGod for your answer.

    Did you give us Windows' estimation or BatteryBar's ?
     
    Super Octet, Apr 30, 2011
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  8. Voodooi

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    That's a good/decent number. Thanks for sharing, Titan!
     
    Voodooi, Apr 30, 2011
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