What is the battery life for this laptop when using the high performance and battery saving settings?
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Ha...I guess the one down side...I get about two hours on max performance. I have been thinking about getting a better battery for the laptop (4 hour type or more). However, I need to add my purchase was more for a portable desktop than a mobile computer (tablet, etc...) so it stays plugged in about 85% of the time.
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Sorry, I don't really know. I rarely use the battery, except for recently. I took my laptop to a meeting and it lasted 2 hours on an almost full charge. However, the battery was quite drained by that time.
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Between 2 to 2.5 hours of full-on use of the laptop...better than the HP battery by at least a half-hour.
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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.
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Depends on what you're using it for. I get about three hours of use out of the battery. I modified it and bought a 120GB SSD drive and 4GB of RAM. Those upgrades made it super fast, and it does all the user basics with ease.
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HI Carol, You can adjust the performance of your battery. High performance gives around 3:15 hours and low performance gives 4:40 hours on my computer. I like this computer in general. Hope that help!
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Hi Hafeez, the battery can run up to 3.5 hours in normal usage.Thanks, PCrush
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On high, I get around 2.5 - 3 hours. Make sure you don't over charge the battery. I doubt they have overcharge protection like laptops do nowadays.
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The battery life has been great so far! I've had mine for two months, I never turn it off, and I use my computer for 8-12 hours every day. The batteries haven't needed changed yet.
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I haven't tried to run it all the way down since the laptop is usually stationery except if I move around the house with it but I know will last at least 35-40 minutes and not still had around half battery according the battery meter on the taskbar. This is the 2nd battery I have purchased. The 1st one was for a laptop for my mom a while ago and it's still working but again that laptop is not used that much off house power. For $20 bucks I'm satisfied
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I did not use the Lenovo as a portable device that often. My answer on battery life is that it is AVERAGE. Lenovo maintains "up to 5 hours" (Lithium, 4-cell, 32Wh) in their official specs, but I would mark that down to 4-4.5 hrs. (the battery is only 4-cell). I sold this unit only because the keys were too stiff for my MS riddled hands and switched to a noisy HP ENVY with soft keys. All in all, (for the rest of you) it is a GREAT machine!!! Thanks for your inquiry.
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RE: FriedhoffJust a friendly reminder: HD level performance w/ GN40 means battery life will drop. Likely a lot. Link above shows current set up consumes 8W whereas GN40 setup consumes 14W... That *roughly* translates to only 40% drop in battery life, so 9 hours would become 5 hours!
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The battery life is about 3-4 hours for normal business work, 2-3 hours for movies and music, and 1-2 hours for gaming. And no it does not have touch screen. It's medium-high performance laptop it wouldn't have touchscreen..
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The battery life has been pretty great for me. I've played Star Craft 2, a very resource-intensive game, for a few hours before plugging in. You might eventually consider a laptop cooling pad, as the small case can sometimes lead to overheating.
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I would say if I am using my laptop to full capacity (streaming video, using high brightness levels, running multiple programs etc.), I get roughly over an hour give or take 15 min from 100% to 20%. I would say it's not as good as the new battery when I got it in 2011, but I am satisfied with it's performance overall. Just use energy saver settings and I think you'll find it's a solid replacement battery, in my opinion.
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The battery life is about what you would expect from any other laptop. That is unless you purchase and extended life battery.
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It is true if you optimize the power settings. However, to get the maximum battery life, you will have some major performance problems. You'll experience some slowdowns, especially utilizing the keyboard on screen.