15" with great battery life what are the options?

[ScottAnthony25]

Hey group,



so far the best ive seen is the Gateway 460 which with the optional 12 cell adding that to the 6 cell it comes with it can get 12 hours.

are there other brands out there that can compelte?

 

[fbrdphreak]

Nothing with that battery life.
If money is no option, you can get a T42/43 with the 9-cell battery (~5 hours) and the UltraSlim battery (3-cell). IBM says up to 9 hours, realistically more like 7-8 max.
Any HP Centrino notebook with 15" or smaller screen (BrightView or not) will get 6+ hours with the 12-cell. Those are probably some of your best bang for the $ laptops regarding battery life.
Most other companies will have the standard 4-6 hours depending on battery. I think with some Dell's you can put in two batteries also or something.