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    Battery Sticks out of 1520 or 1500? 1720 or 1700?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sun.shine_willy, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. sun.shine_willy

    sun.shine_willy Notebook Geek

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    While reading on the forums i see that for the 1720, if you have a 9 cell the battery sticks out. So if you have the 6 cell it doesn't stick out?

    also the vostro 1700, someone mentions that the 9 cell battery doesn't stick out? how does that work? don' they have same chassis?

    and for the 1520 or the vostro 1500 does the 9 cell battery stick out?

    thankyou
     
    sun.shine_willy, Jul 30, 2007
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    anyone can help?
     
    sun.shine_willy, Jul 30, 2007
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    has anyone even received a 1700 yet?
     
    sinfolmatt, Jul 30, 2007
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    sun.shine_willy, Jul 30, 2007
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    anyone have any info on this?
     
    sun.shine_willy, Jul 30, 2007
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    a quick bump, hoping someone has some info on this.

    thankyou
     
    sun.shine_willy, Jul 30, 2007
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    bertie says he has the 1701, which i am guessing is an older inspiron model. never said vostro or 1700
     
    sinfolmatt, Jul 30, 2007
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    shoot, that mean that if you order the 1700 or the 1720
    the 9 cell it sticks out

    can anyone confirm this on the 1500 or the 1520? 9 cell
     
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    no body has confirmed that it sticks out on the 1700 yet, but I would guess that it does if on the 1720 as people say thy are basically the same cases. I am not positive but I think it was confirmed as sticking out on a 1520 and not sure about 1500
     
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    The 9-cell does stick out on the 1520. I have the 1520 with the 9-cell, but it hasn't been a problem when using it. It's very securely attached, and when using it on your lap it's just like there's another 3/4 inch or so on the chassis. I'd say it's well worth it for the extra battery life. The estimated life is as high as 5 hours on power saver mode, though I always end up doing something demanding that makes it lower than that. You get more than an hour on high performance mode using demanding applications, as well - I've done that before, though I always end up doing something low-demanding in there so I don't have a definitive maximum life figure for that either, but it is more than an hour.

    Just make sure that when you get a carrying case you remember you have that extra space requirement for the battery - otherwise you might have to take the battery out to get it in the case. Which isn't too hard, it just isn't preferable.
     
    Apollo13, Jul 30, 2007
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    9 cell batteries will stick out on most computer brands regardless of screen size. Most are designed to fit flush with the 6 cell battery.
     
    ojchillinndc, Jul 31, 2007
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