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    1520 battery life!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Mugen Yarrr, Jul 26, 2007.

  1. Mugen Yarrr

    Mugen Yarrr Notebook Consultant

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    How much battery life do you get?
     
    Mugen Yarrr, Jul 26, 2007
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    larson Notebook Evangelist

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    4-6 hours on "Power Saver" mode.
     
    larson, Jul 27, 2007
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    5.25 - 6 hours on the power saver mode..... well... i never actually ran it that long...i ran it for about 3 hours and still had roughly half charge... so its gotta be somewhere in that range...
     
    gbear, Jul 27, 2007
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    D_Avenger Notebook Guru

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    Got the 6 cell. Ran for 3 hours on balanced mode. Still had 20% charge left when I plugged it back in.
     
    D_Avenger, Jul 27, 2007
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    mm...sorry for asking such a...-cough- question, but how do you put a laptop on power save mode? ^_^;
     
    ladyatakari, Jul 27, 2007
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  6. Mugen Yarrr

    Mugen Yarrr Notebook Consultant

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    I'm actually wondering the same thing, but since I don't have mine yet, I didn't want to ask in case it was really obvious :D
     
    Mugen Yarrr, Jul 27, 2007
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  7. Stella

    Stella Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Click on the battery icon in your system tray in Vista.
     
    Stella, Jul 27, 2007
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    What does it do? Put brightness to zero and put the processor performance to 50% ?
     
    manzi, Jul 27, 2007
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    Turns certain things off like your network card if you arent using it. Turns the brightness down. Most cpu's underclock when not being used heavily
     
    staffsMike, Jul 27, 2007
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    Would having the 1420 laptop (14" screen) allow for longer battery life in each charge?
     
    manzi, Jul 27, 2007
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    maati Notebook Evangelist

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    Just a bit.

    This is an interesting poll so i'd like it to be up'd :D
    Please help, post your battery life!
     
    maati, Aug 2, 2007
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