Why is battery life (9.5 hrs) so much more than similar ultarbooks?
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I get extended performance as well, due primarily to the LED screen and solid-state hard drive, both of which require less from the battery than conventional LCD screens and regular hard drives. Power consumption will increase with peripherals (external hard drive), increasing the screen brightness, not using energy saving methods (like turning the screen down/off after a period of inactivity).
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11 hours for reading & you can buy an extra battery for it. I have the 32 gig HD+
709207
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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Dear Zhi: The Acer Aspire S7-191-6447 11.6-Inch Ultrabook has very premium packaging, with several extremely useful accessories included in the box. For example, there is a clip-on supplemental battery, which adds two hours of run time to the four hours of run time from the internal battery, for a total of approximately six hours. There is a VGA Dongle, an Ethernet Adapter, and a Bluetooth Mouse. Of course, as you would expect, there is a standard power adapter/charger. Acer also provides an attractive light-silver carrying case, which is a very nice touch! Thank you for your question, and I hope that you enjoy your Acer Aspire S7-191-6447 11.6-Inch Ultrabook. It is truly one of my favorite computers. Kenneth L. Rodino, M.D.
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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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Hi Whill...battery life is around 4 hrs for me using web..would be longer not using power saver when on battery...even screen light highyou can reach 4 hrs...been great laptop for me..fingerprint scanner cool..brushed finish looks awesome.light weight to.hope i help insome way...cheers.
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I don't use the laptop that much. I haven't timed it but the battery lasts a couple of hours. It's enough to get what I want done.
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Saul, I do the same thing, I game heavily, and use it in class. I keep the settings light weight for on battery, ramp to 100% on power. This means I do not game while on battery. While in class using word, power point, Firefox on wireless, downloading and uploading schoolwork and having several tabs in FF open at the same time I get around 4 hours off of a full charge. I'm actually very impressed I was expecting at most 2 hours under that load. But the ssd and smart power management really makes a difference. Hope this helps!
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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.
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I get about 5 hours on the Battery. You can download books and surf the internet. I just had compatability problems loading certain games. I also have a 10 inch Le Pen tablet that is much better although it cost me almost 200.00.
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The A2 has a slightly bigger battery. 5600mAh instead of 4800mAh. Same number of cells. Does it really last 16 hours? Couldn't tell you for sure, but it does last a good long time. This reviewer found the A1 lasted 9.5 hours with Vista on balanced power profile, wireless enabled, and screen at 70% brightness. Asus says the 12 hour figure is with wireless off, which would make sense given that test result. Here's a discussion thread on the various UL-30 models and their claimed battery life numbers: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=426274 Battery life is notoriously difficult to test and methodology varies widely from company to company. You're best off finding a reviewer, reading about their test methodology, and looking at their results for the laptops you're interested in.
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On "Battery Saver" power settings with brightness of the screen turned down, for web browsing and word processing my battery runs to around 10% at about 6 hours or so. In the description on Amazon it advertises 6.5 hours of battery life. I'd say that is about correct.
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With a Linux OS installed, the average battery life is approximately 3 hours if I just surf the web.
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yup,usin it right now. even double of battery life if usin the 6-cell currenty. does add a bit of weight, kinda like a normal laptop as opposed to ultrabook, but well worth it, 10 hour day with random music and movie streaming, easy twelve if just business.
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I have the same Problem, I just went and paid the money for the ASUS Fonepad 7, The Unishow is a great paper weight but nothing more. I left mine plugged in for two days and it never kept a charge for more than ten minutes. And there is no storge space at all. I downloaded a bible App and when i tried to download a game it said that i had no storage remaining.... this paper wieght is a waste of time
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On full brightness, I can surf the web, listen to music, and type a Word document for nearly 2.5-to-3 hours. Battery life is excellent for casual computing.
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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...