Battery life estimate depends on current power draw, as well. If you're spinning the DVD while crunching numbers and running external USB devices off the bus, your battery life's gonna be short-short-short. If you are checking email with nothing connected and the monitor brightness set to the minimum, you're going to get a great estimate -- which will drop as soon as you do something more intense.
--Ben Raymond Camden wrote: > Ok, so as most of yall know, I'm something of a hardware noob. My Dell > XPS has pretty bad battery life, but has been getting worse in the > last 4 or 5 weeks. I can only get, maybe, 50 minutes or so. > > So I went to Dell and found a new battery: > > http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=312-0273&icompatid=166537&c=us&l=en&cs=19&page=dellitemsproductlisting.aspx > > I call Dell. I first confirm it will work with XPS. I then ask the guy > - what kind of battery life can I expect? How much better is it then > my stock battery (a 14.8V 95Wh). He said I should get 8 hours. > > Of course, I laugh in his face, but I figure - heck, if I can get > close to 2 hours I'll be happy. > > So I the battery arrives today. I charge it up. And as unscientific > test, I unplug it at 71%. It says I'll have 1 hour 55 minutes. Sweet! > A few hours later, at 100%, I unplug it again. > > .... > > It says I'll have 55 minutes. > > Now... I know I shouldn't trust the estimate Windows is giving - but > is this insane or what? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168081 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
