What's the drop-off rate of usage? Did others have the same experience?
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The only reason i stop using it is when the battery dies (i only charge it once a week or so, not all the time.) When this happens, i often switch to my manual backup toothbrush for a few days until i actually remember to charge it and start using it again.
1595327
Thanks very much for your response. I'm only getting about an hour or less of battery life. I'm very disappointed. Thanks again.
1088009
William, thanks for taking the time to respond. I will also let everyone know what kind of battery life we observe. Best of luck to you.ww
2074701
If you intend to watch videos on your device, you will eat all your data in no time and pay a fortune. I bought 4 gigs and used my device on a 30-day trip for lesser data-consuming tasks like music, email and facebook (no vids) and used about half that, mainly by taking advantage of any wireless services we had available (hotels, restaurants) along the way. It all depends on your usage; it's no substitute for a wireless modem, tho.
354991
I don't use my that often and I don't leave it connected, just when I want to copy or move items. I haven't had any problems with my.
1466644
Mine was "good to go" - I had a second laptop and I used my URL to copy files, documents, etc to the Dell. My problem came much later. It was a VERY good laptop for what I used it for. I am away from home days at a time - I wanted a second laptop so I could keep one with me - leave the other at home. Mostly e-mail, on-line banking, games. I had my D610 about a year (I purchased it "refurbished"). About a month ago I stared getting error messages and freezes ..then it crashed. I took it to the shop and they could not fix it. While I had it I used it A LOT and it was a very good second laptop. I am now considering a NEW ACER notebook for about $200. My first was an ACER and it is nearly 8 years old and very reliable.
1798692
Yes... But it stopped functioning after a few weeks. No dropping, no anything... Just your normal usage. �
322367
I am getting 4 to 4.5 hours( No WiFi + No gaming + No HD movies). I am using this for usual office work with LAN cable attached. It may be reduced if you work on WiFi, HD movies, or Gaming.
1878688
Nope, I had no issues and I had a bunch of other programs running (MS office, etc) at the same time. It depends on your internet connection more.
1995152
I agree with D Marrone. I have 4 gigs installed and usually run at about 35% - 50%. 16 gigs seems very excessive. I suggest looking for a compatible hard drive that runs at 10KRPM. The one thing that can slow down a great computer is a 5400 RPM HDD (which this comes with). Slow to today's standards.
1410008
I have been getting about 4 hours but I have never run it all the way down. I also have not changed any of the default setting so you might get more by cutting performance.
184228
Well, all 4 of ours work pretty well, albeit they are not stunningly fast. I did notice the performance really slows down after the first couple TB of small files. But I suspect that's due to Samba, and I wish I could get into the unit, O/S wise, to tune it
453554
Good morning-I use mine for school for charge it on a weekly basis (every Sunday) but I haven't noticed a huge decrease in charge over a week even if I don't use it during the week (10-15%). Hope this helps.
528779
Thanks for the info. It really helps to get feedback from another consumer as opposed to the company. I appreciate your taking the time. KV
730081
Right now I have on one of mine, 13.9GB of total usable space (the other 2.1BG takes up the operating system). I currently have 4.35GB of free space left open. The other part is filled up with the following content: That includes 113 full albums averaging between 6 to 15 songs per album using 4.40GB of space and 59 music videos that is using 5.12GB of the storage space. The music videos are assorted sizes form 3.10MB to 177MB. I am always adding and removing songs and videos depending upon what style of music I'm into at the time. It's all drag and drop when you sync it to the player in your pc so moving things around is easy. I always try to leave at least 1 or more GB of free space open so that the music videos don't get jerky. I own more than one of these and it's really more about having not running out of battery before I can get back to recharge. Music uses a lot less battery, but the videos can wear down the battery pretty fast. These are small and very portable and I use them plugged into the car stereo for road trip music playlists and while waiting around in long lines, etc. at sci-fi conventions where it's not easy to get back to the room to recharge. Probably TMI but I hope this helps you in some way!
1210306
Unfortunately, I have. I bought a 1TBand a 3TB. Both failed within 2 years. Worst investment of tech dollars I have ever made. I have to replace 3.5TB of data now...
2249350
Not for me so far. I've seen comments from other owners that have reported burn-in. The internet consensus seems to be that burn-in is possible.