How long of battery life does this laptop have?
1988050
I'd also say about 4 hours. Right this second mine says 1 hr 17 min (41%). Now I know that math doesn't add up but it'll get you right around 4 hours after some usage (I've had mine for 3 months)
1988051
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.
2233864
That varies from laptop to laptop. the one I have has 1 gig ram, 232 gig HD and the battery last about 2 hours avg.
1187256
Maybe 2 hours on battery saving mode if your lucky. If battery life is a concern I'd look elsewhere. This computer is mostly a desktop replacement.
2127666
I've had it for about a month now and it still runs good as new. Battery life lasts about a week if used constantly.
430447
Thanks for the reply! I also frequent notebookreview.com....I received my UL30A-A2 today, though, and will put it through the battery test hoops over the next couple of days. Even if it is not the advertised 16 hours 12 hours is still absolutely excellent imo!
2233863
My laptop has 1 GB Ram, 80 GB HDD and I get about 2 hours of battery life when fully charged.
1732782
Purchased mine in 2011 and it's still going strong. We'll over 3.5 hours with nothing running and over 2.5 hours with active aplications. I learned with IBM & Lenovo laptops you can't keep charging their batteries. When they are fully charged unplug and when low recharge and so on.
19327
The battery life is very good. I was surprised that I can sit at my kitchen table for 3 hours and the battery goes down to about 65%. Now that is very good for this laptop. I think you will enjoy the power that this puts out. Have a great time with it.
322145
I'm not sure. I keep it plugged in. Sorry I can't be much help regarding the battery life.
2239094
It depends on the computer you're using it with, your screen brightness, whether or not you're on the internet, watching videos, have the volume turned up, etc. I get about 2 hours average, which is about 40% of the 5 hours I got on the Lenovo brand battery that came with my laptop.
1672679
I have had this battery for over a year now. It use to stay charged for approximately 2 hours under heavy use. One thing I have done lately that has actually extended the charge to 30 - 45 minutes longer, is replace the old hard drive with a solid state hard drive. This has also breathed new life into the laptop to make it like a new one again. It is twice as fast after I added the maximum RAM and solid state drive. Cheaper than buying a new laptop.
1226825
I've had this battery for slightly under 2 months and am quite satisfied with it so far. It holds a charge for 3-4 hours. It's duration depends a lot of course on your laptop's power settings, like screen brightness.
1375661
Lenovo rates it up to 6 hours (idle, dimmed screen, etc). Real world usage is probably around 4-4.5 hours.
774075
It depends on your performance settings and what you're doing on the laptop. I use mine with high performance and generally use light programs (MS Office) and web browsing and it generally lasts about 2-4 hours depending. The life of the battery can extend quite beyond that I believe by turning off features and downgrading performance, but I have not really explored those features fully.
1380147
Between 2 to 2.5 hours of full-on use of the laptop...better than the HP battery by at least a half-hour.
864952
Battery life is great! I get about 3+ hours of basic use (browsing, etc) and about 1.75-2 hours using photoshop, light gaming, etc. if you manually specify most programs to use the intel graphics it lasts quite a while more than the nvidia graphics, but you'll always trade power for speed. Overall it's a great setup and I've thoroughly enjoyed mine for both work (photographer) and play (gamer).
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The one I have has 3 gig ram, 200 gig HD and the battery last about 2 hours avg.