How long does your laptop battery last?

[Kerouactivist]

Looking into getting a laptop, and I need one with long battery life this should help

Please also list your brand and lasting time in the post

 

[Derango]

I've got a dell Inspiron 8100 with dual batteries. With both batteries, it normaly lasts around 5 hours if I'm just programming or using word. It dives down to 3:00 if I'm playing a game or watching a DVD. With one battery, its normaly 2.5 hours, and 1.5 for a game/DVD

Sorry, forgot to post this Its a P3 866-M (runs at 667mhz on battery) with 256MB of ram, GeForce2 Go 32MB DDR, 8X DVD-ROM drive, 15" SXGA+ TFT LCD, built in 10/100 Ethernet and 56k modem, 20GB hard drive running windows XP Profesional.

 

[Rallispec]

toshiba satellite

i'd say under normal use i average about 2 hours....

playing a dvd- i get 1 hour max.

 

[Zenmervolt]

3 hours and change. I don't stress the machine when it's on battery though. I'm guessing that it would drop to about 2 hours if I was playing a DVD.

Specs:
IBM ThinkPad A21p
P-III 850 (700 on battery)
ATI Mobility 128 (Rage 128 Pro-based, shuts down 3D accel. when on battery)
32 GB HDD
256 MB RAM
8x DVD or 8x4x24 CD-RW (depends on which is swapped in at the moment)
3Com Mini-PCI (aka "buit in") NIC/Modem
15" UXGA (1600x1200) display (usually dimmed fully on battery)
Windows XP Pro

ZV

 

[charrison]

about 90 seconds. time for a new one..

 

[bandXtrb]

0 hrs. It can't charge (bought it used)

 

[rutchtkim]

dell latitude LM, about 10 minutes

 

[RossMAN]

bthorny - Get the Dell Inspiron 4100 with 2 59 WHr batteries, should last at least 3 hours easily.

If you want the ultimate in battery life get an iBook, but that's a whole other OS.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

3hrs per batteries on my Dell Inspiron 8100, so almost 6hrs when I have two batteries in there. That's on SpeedStep mode. If I were to watch a DVD, then it'd be cut down to around 3hrs normally.

 

[littleprince]

Compaq Presario 1722 CA
P3 1000 M
512 Mb Ram
8mb Mobility Radeon
14" tft
dvd/cdrw
Orinoco wireless pc card

On avg about 3 hours. It really just depends on what your doing. If you really want extra battery life, get a 2nd battery, but than I'd also recommend not going over 14" screen or else you'll be caring around a ton of weight.

 

[RossMAN]

How soon are you looking to buy a laptop? I just configured this awesome Dell Inspiron 4100 for a great price.

$1,230.84

Base: Pentium®III Processor,1.0 GHz-M 14.1 XGA TFT Display ATI 16MB Video 100AGHN [220-3943]
Memory: 128MB,SDRAM,2DIMMs 128M2D [311-6309]
Hard Drives: 20 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 20GB [340-6515]
Floppy Drive: Modular Floppy Drive FD [340-7047]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [420-0554] [313-7222]
Network Card: Integrated Network Card INTNIC [430-1292]
Modem: Internal 56K Modem 56MPC [313-1225]
Modular CD/DVD Drives: FREE! 8X Max Variable DVD Upgrade! 8XDVDP [313-0833] [461-2453]
Bundled Software: Microsoft®Works Suite 2002 with Money 2002 Standard IWORKS [412-0134]
Norton Antivirus®: Norton Antivirus® 2002, 90-day introductory offer NAV2002 [412-5623]
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MusicMatch 6.0 for XP JUKEXP [412-3809]
Batteries: 59 WHr Lithium-Ion Battery with ExpressCharge? LIION8 [312-2511]
Service and Support Options: 1Yr Ltd. Warranty- 1Yr Mail-In Service + 1Yr Phone Support ST111RR [950-3337] [950-8830] [950-9057]
Internet Access Service: 6 Months of America Online Membership Included AOLDHSX [412-3887]
Digital Imaging Software: Image Expert® 2000 for XP, Dell Edition DPSXP [412-3807]
Additional Battery: 2nd 59 WHr Lithium-Ion Battery with ExpressCharge? BATT [312-2512]
Cables and Accessories: Inspiron 4100 Floppy Drive Cable FDCBL [310-0689]

$1,408 base price as configured above
-$50 off coupon (PM me)
-2% eBates.com
-$100 MIR
=======================================
$1,230.84

 

[Kilrsat]

3-4 hours

Toshiba Satellite 2540CDS
K6-2 333
64 mb ram
4 gb hd
24x cd-rom
floppy
13.3" dualscan lcd
winXP pro (yes, I have it working nicely on this "weak" machine)

 

[andrey]

I get about 3.5-4 hours, depending on the usage.

Click the link in my signature for IBM's Thinkpad T23 specs.

 

[arod]

Normal Computer Use/ games (non 3d) 3-5 hrs

DVD watching 2.5 hrs

Dell Inspiron 4000

PIII 600
14.1 TFT
192 RAM
10 gig HD
DVD ROM
1 "upgraded battery" dont know what the rating was 59 w/hr I think
etc.....

 

[ILikeSprite]

8 minutes

 

[RossMAN]

If you're still in the market for a laptop check out this deal, Dell Inspiron 4100 for $1,006 after MIR.

I wouldn't want a Celeron 1GHz so here's the configuration I'd go with:

Dell Inspiron 4100

$,1388 base price as configured below
-$50 off coupon code (PM me)
-$20 off coupon code (PM me)
-2% eBates
-$100 Dell MIR
=======================================
$1,191

Base: Pentium®III Processor,1.0 GHz-M 14.1 XGA TFT Display ATI 16MB Video 100AGHN [220-3943]
Memory: 128MB,SDRAM,2DIMMs 128M2D [311-6309]
Hard Drives: 20 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 20GB [340-6515]
Floppy Drive: Modular Floppy Drive FD [340-7047]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [313-7222] [420-0554]
Network Card: Integrated Network Card INTNIC [430-1292]
Modem: Internal 56K Modem 56MPC [313-1225]
Modular CD/DVD Drives: 8X Max Variable DVD-ROM Drive 8XDVD [313-0833] [313-1226]
Bundled Software: Microsoft®Works Suite 2002 with Money 2002 Standard IWORKS [412-0134]
Norton Antivirus®: Norton Antivirus® 2002, 90-day introductory offer NAV2002 [412-5623]
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MusicMatch 6.0 for XP JUKEXP [412-3809]
Batteries: 59 WHr Lithium-Ion Battery with ExpressCharge? LIION8 [312-2511]
Carrying Cases: FREE Nylon Carrying Case NCC154P [461-2098]
Service and Support Options: 1Yr Ltd. Warranty- 1Yr Mail-In Service + 1Yr Phone Support ST111RR [950-3337] [950-8830] [950-9057]
Internet Access Service: 6 Months of America Online Membership Included AOLDHS [412-0164] [412-0173]
Digital Imaging Software: Image Expert® 2000 for XP, Dell Edition DPSXP [412-3807]
Free Quicken 2002 Suite: Free Quicken 2002 Suite (includes Turbo Tax Deluxe) FREQUKN [412-0184]
Additional Battery: FREE! 2nd 59 WHr Lithium Ion Spare Battery BATTA [461-2954]
Cables and Accessories: Inspiron 4100 Floppy Drive Cable FDCBL [310-0689]

Save $79 by getting a CD-ROM instead of DVD, but it would be nice to watch DVD movies and games/software for only $79 so I'd get it. The nice thing about this configuration is you're getting TWO 59 WHr batteries.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

I get about 5-6 hours with Internet/word processing/wireless all running.

Check out my laptop in my sig, I replaced the normal battery with the extended battery.

 

[MuffD]

IBM Thinkpad
2-3 hours using IE, Mirc, Aim, Word, and also the wireless thingy