battery life: Any suggetions?
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If you ever get an answer, please let me know, as I also get only 8-10 hours.
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Battery life is solid if you're not running too many applications. Working static without background apps like streaming music, I'm regularly getting 5-7 hours but layering in music streaming its closer to 3.5/4 hours. Hope this helps.
1005327
Hello Laura,I primarily use it at work and have it on all day (7-8 hours). The battery life seems to be good...generally lasts all week. Hope this info helps :)Marsha
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My battery life lasts quite a while. I was watching a live stream video and it lasted 4 - 6 hours. On a regular basis, just checking email, surfing the net, etc I only have to charge every two or three days.
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Hi. I have owned this laptop for a couple of months now and it is amazing. The average battery life I am getting while running wifi and having the brightness about 3/4 bright, I am getting 5 1/2 hours. With wifi off running regular programs like Word, Excel and Powerpoint, I am getting about 6-6/12 hours. Amazing battery life
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Battery life has been pretty good, easily a few hundred shots to a charge. On a recent trip we tried a solar charger as we had no other electricity, it was hard to get a full charge that way.
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I installed my unit the first of the year and I'm showing about 45% remaining. I don't use the unit all that much but I suspect the connectivity to the base unit (Elan in my case) is the biggest user of battery life. I might try Lithium next go around. I really like the lock/display...
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4 hours with 100% with a few programs running, battery life decrease about 50% when my design software its running, but thats normal considering I work with super heavy software tools on a daily basis, I recomend always work near a power source.
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No complaints on battery life--just to make sure, I plug it in prior to going out to take pictures with it--just avoid overcharging for long periods of time. (not good for any rechargeable battery).
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Mine lasts about 7~8 hours for regular use when I use the Quite Office Setting.I know it's still better than any other laptops as to battery life.
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Many factors affect battery life. I can usually get 4-5 hours out of it if I am not doing a lot of surfing and I dim my screen as I notice the battery getting low.
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Unfortunately, I bought it for my son who left for college. I have no first hand experience on the battery life.
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I like to use the brightness at full and with the Wi-Fi on, if I browse, email, etc, I think it lasts me around 3-4 hours. The battery life isn't too impressive on this laptop..
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I haven't been unhappy with the battery life. Perhaps normal usage depends on the person. I play games, watch a couple movies, once in a while check things out online. I charge mine up about once a week just to keep it ready, but I do not use it every day. For the wi-fi, I have to be home, so I download games or movies to watch when away.
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Sorry took so long to answer...battery life is maybe three days- I have to charge up every other day to make sure it doesn't die on me.
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Well, unfortunately I'm not an avid gamer so I am not on it that often, but I have found that if you have it in sleep mode it does a very good job of retaining power. If I were to estimate, if you played it as much as the average owner, I would say you could get a guaranteed couple days out of it...I might even venture and say three days. Again thats just a guess.You might wanna poke around online and google some sites that will give you some good insight on the battery life. Hope I was able to help at least a little. Have fun and keep gaming! ;)
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Battery life is pretty sufficient... Usually three hours of constant use before requiring charging.