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Well The laptop I'm buying has an average of 2 hours.. well is that enough? I see laptops with 3 hours and over.
Is the battery upgradeable?
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Posted 19 February 2008 - 10:36 AM
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Posted 19 February 2008 - 11:16 AM
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Mine has two hours, and It's usually enough for me. Generally speaking, you can find better batteries than the one provided by default; that will extend your battery life by 20-30%. Also note dimming your screen saves a lot of battery life, and turning off your wireless card if you do not plan on using the internet is also a power saving tip I've found.
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Posted 19 February 2008 - 01:15 PM
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Mine started out being 3 hours but both my main and backup battery now only last around 1 hour or less. 2 Hours should be fine though. You might want to consider getting a docking station for use at home.
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Posted 19 February 2008 - 02:43 PM
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Hmm, why would I need a docking station?
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Posted 19 February 2008 - 03:36 PM
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They are convenient. You set your laptop down on it, it charges from the power supply, has lan connection (from wire), keyboard, mouse, and most important - you can hook up dual monitors this way. It replaces your desktop but goes where you go.
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Posted 19 February 2008 - 03:57 PM
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Well for a standard Length 2-3 hours. But most of the Mac's ahve been running for 4-6 with Basic usage.
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Posted 19 February 2008 - 11:44 PM
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With an average amount of work on it,mine goes for two and a half but it clearlly depends on what you are doing.
You can always get a backup.
You can always get a backup.
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Posted 20 February 2008 - 04:33 AM
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Well this eventually will end up as my main computer so I will do all sort of things on it, from basic chatting, to image editing, to cod4 and crysis!
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Posted 20 February 2008 - 04:16 PM
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TcM said:
Well this eventually will end up as my main computer so I will do all sort of things on it, from basic chatting, to image editing, to cod4 and crysis!
Thats really not a good idea - unless you are considering getting a Core 2 Extreme processor. The first laptop I got was an Alienware - I could, and have, used it as my main computer, as it can do basic chatting, image editing, movie rendering, and playing cod4 [crysis poorly]. Long story short, between the processor, memory requirements, and video card - the battery life is about 80 minutes under a normal load, less than an hour under a heavy load, and it also weighs 13lbs. After that experience, I would never buy another "all-in-one" laptop again.
Also a 5400 RPM hd will cause screen lag when playing COD4/Crysis.
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Posted 20 February 2008 - 05:34 PM
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You need a fast HD with every game and it still sounds like a helicopter.
For all the chatting and editing and stuff i dont think that you'll have serious battery consumption but crisis (i hate that game btw).And lets be realistic here,even if you had a full 3 hours of game play,i dont think that there are many gammers out there that would only play for 3 hours ! Get a socket and plug it in !
For all the chatting and editing and stuff i dont think that you'll have serious battery consumption but crisis (i hate that game btw).And lets be realistic here,even if you had a full 3 hours of game play,i dont think that there are many gammers out there that would only play for 3 hours ! Get a socket and plug it in !
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Posted 21 February 2008 - 06:16 AM
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Well maybe I did not explain myself well. On the battery I will use it only at school mainly, which I will only maybe play Solitare on and use MS Word.
I will play games when I'm at home with the laptop plugged it.
@John, 13lbs? Woot??!
And I read about it online, it plays cod4 quite good and crysis quite good with everything low.. which should suffice my needs (besides that I don't have crysis yet)
EDIT: I found this website :-
Fudzilla - MSI's GX600 overclocking notebook works great
Go to the testing Section, you will see Crysis benchmark, if those values are true I think that is ultra good. And about the 'your should get core 2 duo extreme', well I don't think so because the duo extreme is 2.6GHz (and so far I didn't find any laptops that have this) and this beauty can over clock with the turbo button up to 2.4Ghz, I'm sure that with a little FSB tweaking etc.. I can get this baby running at 2.6Ghz.
I will play games when I'm at home with the laptop plugged it.
@John, 13lbs? Woot??!
And I read about it online, it plays cod4 quite good and crysis quite good with everything low.. which should suffice my needs (besides that I don't have crysis yet)
EDIT: I found this website :-
Fudzilla - MSI's GX600 overclocking notebook works great
Go to the testing Section, you will see Crysis benchmark, if those values are true I think that is ultra good. And about the 'your should get core 2 duo extreme', well I don't think so because the duo extreme is 2.6GHz (and so far I didn't find any laptops that have this) and this beauty can over clock with the turbo button up to 2.4Ghz, I'm sure that with a little FSB tweaking etc.. I can get this baby running at 2.6Ghz.
