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    Dell Inspiron 1720 Battery Life

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by khy72, Apr 1, 2008.

  1. khy72

    khy72 Newbie

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    I've heard a lotta people say to get the 9 cell battery upgrade for the Inspiron 1720 for increased battery life but I was just wondering if anyone knew the battery life of the 6 cell. Anyone?
     
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  2. srr

    srr Notebook Geek

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    I'd also like to know people's thoughts on this.
     
    srr, May 16, 2008
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    chelet Notebook Deity

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    The battery life of the 9-cell should be half again as much as the 6-cell.

    I usually get between 4 and 5 hours using the 9-cell on my 1720.
    That's using "balanced" mode, doing homework, watching avi videos, web browsing using ethernet -- nothing too intense and wireless is disabled. That's a bit of an estimate because I don't like draining the battery too far down and usually plug in the adapter when it drops to around 30%. So I'm going partly by what it estimates it has left around the 30% mark. But on a full charge, it often estimates it has 5 1/2 hours left and I've never actually seen that.

    I haven't done any gaming on it. Not yet anyway.
    When creating and installing on virtual machines in VMWare, the battery life seems closer to 3 or 3 1/2 hours.

    I have the WUXGA screen.
     
    chelet, May 16, 2008
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  4. srr

    srr Notebook Geek

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    Thanks alot - very helpful to know you get that much life.

    Edit: I'd really like the 9 cell except that its an additional $170
     
    srr, May 16, 2008
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  5. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I get a good 2hrs50mins with the 6cell,surfing on the net through wifi
     
    Luke1708, May 16, 2008
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