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    M1530 Battery life

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Magicrice, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. Magicrice

    Magicrice Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have yet to find any reviews on the battery. found a comment that said the 6-cell lasts 2 hours with avg brightness and non gaming, while the 9-cell could put out 4 hours with avg settings.

    Anyone tested their M1530's Battery life yet?(specifically 6cell)
     
    Magicrice, Dec 13, 2007
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  2. tumnasgt

    tumnasgt Notebook Evangelist

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    My 6 cell gets about 2-2.5 hours, not bad considering the video card.
     
    tumnasgt, Dec 13, 2007
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  3. Soulburner

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    Should be about the same as the 1520, 2-3 hours with the 6-Cell and 4-5 hours with the 9-Cell.
     
    Soulburner, Dec 13, 2007
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    kanadianiceman Notebook Consultant

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    at 9pm I will pull the plug for normal desktop usage with dual monitors & sound @ about 1/4, Will have 1 USB HDD on it as it records my streaming music.

    5 min in @ 95% battery life - 2.5 hours remaining
    1 hour 45 @ 35% - 55min remaining
    1 hour 5 @ 21% - 36 remain
    9CELL Battery
     
    kanadianiceman, Dec 13, 2007
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  5. sleey0

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    6 or 9 cell? And that "xxx remaining" isn't extremely accurate. You have to unplug and let it go all the way down while timing it....
     
    sleey0, Dec 13, 2007
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  6. praneeth

    praneeth Sanath Jaya Suriya!!!

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    CNET Asia got 1 hour 28 mins on the DVD test. They do the same test on many notebooks and you can use that to compare..
     
    praneeth, Dec 14, 2007
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    mattocs Notebook Deity

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    I get about 1.5 - 2 hours on mine. (6 cell)

    That is with the brightness all the way up.
     
    mattocs, Jun 6, 2008
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    Rhodan NBR Expert of Nothing

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    I get close to 3 hours with mine on the 6 cell. Brightness set to 2 notches lower than max. WIFI enabled, Bluetooth disabled. Web browsing, writing emails and working on remote systems using citrix.
     
    Rhodan, Jun 6, 2008
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    Forte NBR's Supreme Angel

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    Ive got both the 6-cell and the 9-cell.

    With the 6-cell I get around 2.5 hours on max brightness, wifi enabled, bluetooth enabled. Doing word processing, emails, web browsing.

    On the 9-cell I get around 3.75 hours on max brightness, wifi enabled, bluetoon enabled. Doing word processing, emails, web browsing.
     
    Forte, Jun 6, 2008
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  10. greystone

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    Yeah, similar numbers for me with the 6 cell. I use it pretty often on planes to watch movies: wifi and bt off, one notch below tp brightness and volume cranked. I get a bit over 2 hours, 2.5 tops.
     
    greystone, Jun 6, 2008
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    Matusevicius Newbie

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    I have one question about battery life. I've made a test yesterday, charged my XPS fully, then started only Windows Live Writer and writed a post to my BLOG, it took about 10-15 minutes, my battery exhausted ~15-20%. Is it normally ?
     
    Matusevicius, Jun 15, 2008
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  12. dipsettt

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    thanks for the info
     
    dipsettt, Jun 15, 2008
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