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    Battery life!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Dreamycreamy, Jun 4, 2011.

  1. Dreamycreamy

    Dreamycreamy Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all.

    I am interested in buying this laptop but I just wanted to know what battery times everyone is getting as the advertised one is always impossible to achieve.

    Also, an i5 version is avalible now in the USA I think (hopefully it will be to the UK and other countries as well) and I was just thinking would this make a big impact to the battery life? Even if its just half an hour...

    All I will be doing is surfing the net, watching/downloading films and music, lots of essays on word and finally I will only be playing the Sims 3 plus expansion packs.
     
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  2. Abao

    Abao Notebook Enthusiast

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    Jetbo Notebook Consultant

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    Roughly 3-4 hours with moderate use
     
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    i get 4 - 5 moderate use....

    Balanced settings, 1 notch brightness above lowest settings, alien FX off
     
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    About 4-4.5 hours moderate usage, Balanced power plan, lowest screen brightness, AlienFX on
     
    fred2028, Jun 4, 2011
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