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    S6231 & 6240 Battery:

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by martin5kh, Jul 28, 2005.

  1. martin5kh

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    I don't understand why the battery life on S6240 is less than S6231 (3.6 hours compare to 4.0) while both S7010 and S7020 keep the same?

    I also notice the S6231 US model have only 4400mAh on battery while the asian model have 4800mah? However, both last up to 4.0 hours. Why not the 4800mah one lasts longer?

    So strange! Any idea??
     
    martin5kh, Jul 28, 2005
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    It's hard to take specs off a site at face value. Both the S7020 and S6240 should be a little worse, but we'll see when they start shipping.
     
    Brian, Jul 28, 2005
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  3. martin5kh

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    What do you mean by little worse?
     
    martin5kh, Jul 28, 2005
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    srdhkl Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I'm guessing the sonoma chipset eats up a little bit more battery life than the older chipset.....
     
    srdhkl, Jul 28, 2005
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    noahsark Notebook Evangelist

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    Nesbo is correct. That's been verified over in the Sony forum. They went to sonoma in their S series and battery life dropped off a bit.
     
    noahsark, Jul 28, 2005
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  6. Brian

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    And to go full circle, yes, Sonoma is not more battery friendly which is in direct contrast to what Intel lead us to believe early on.
     
    Brian, Jul 28, 2005
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