I turned my laptop on at 6:45pm

[aphex]

and its still running off its batteries

18% remaining. freaking amazing.

God i love my T41

 

[ElFenix]

oh nm i see what you're saying

 

[IcemanJer]

bah... you can your Centrino...

 

[Subzero]

Centrino rules !!!!!

I get over 5 hours on mine ...:beer:

 

[dakata24]

what kind of apps are you running?

 

[Ime]

My wife wants a laptop. I want to get her one of those 12.1" ultra-lights. Anyone have any brands they recommend?

 

[JBT]

yeah I love my Centrino too eheh been ussing it all day practically

 

[IcemanJer]

with wireless PCMCIA card on and lowest backlight, my laptop only gets about 1.5 hours...

<-- 3 yr old Celeron 650, Intel 815em chipset

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Ime
My wife wants a laptop. I want to get her one of those 12.1" ultra-lights. Anyone have any brands they recommend?

Toshiba and IBM, not in that order

 

[dakata24]

set on portable/laptop power options, my presario x1000 gets alittle over 4 hrs on lowest backlight setting.

no where near as good as that t41.

 

[CombatChuk]

I get about 6 hours on my thinkpad R40 (in sig)

 

[GoingUp]

were you using it the whole time or was it sitting there....

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
were you using it the whole time or was it sitting there....

Used it for ~4.5 hours during that time (writing case briefs)... The rest of the time it sat there.....

~5% left.... Im shutting her down and plugging her in now...

 

[MazerRackham]

I get 4.5 h regularly on my Powerbook G4 while using WiFi... and the computer/battery is 2 years old!

 

[rh71]

got a 2-3 year old A21m and the battery life is down to < 1 hour these days... I can't wait till they give us the T40s...

 

[gopunk]

posting from my t41

 

[monk3y]

That's seriously sweet... I need to get me a laptop, but I want a digital camera too

 

[OverVolt]

i only get 2:30 on my lappy from a full charge. good enough for me, if i need more i can buy a better battery.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
were you using it the whole time or was it sitting there....

Used it for ~4.5 hours during that time (writing case briefs)... The rest of the time it sat there.....

~5% left.... Im shutting her down and plugging her in now...

what cases are you briefing?

I got Hustler Magazine &amp; Larry Flint vs. Falwell + Gray &amp; Griemshaw vs. Ford for tomorrow ... sleepy though...

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: Ime
My wife wants a laptop. I want to get her one of those 12.1" ultra-lights. Anyone have any brands they recommend?

IBM X40 or Apple PowerBook, depending on what the usage will be.