Dell battery life?

Hi,

I'm in for a new laptop and will probably get the Dell Inspiron 6400
with T7200 (2GHz) CPU, 2GB 667MHz RAM, and 160GB HD. What would be the
expected battery time form the 6 or 9 cell battery. I guess I'll go
for the 9cell anyway but maybe the 6 cell would do also.

I'm also open to suggestions about similar laptops in the same
pricerange that might be a better choice. I'm in Europe (Belgium) so
sub US$1000 will not cut it :-(


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Maurice ON4BAM wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm in for a new laptop and will probably get the Dell Inspiron 6400
> with T7200 (2GHz) CPU, 2GB 667MHz RAM, and 160GB HD. What would be the
> expected battery time form the 6 or 9 cell battery. I guess I'll go
> for the 9cell anyway but maybe the 6 cell would do also.
>
> I'm also open to suggestions about similar laptops in the same
> pricerange that might be a better choice. I'm in Europe (Belgium) so
> sub US$1000 will not cut it :-(

The 9 cell batteries are annoying. Unless you really need the longer run
time, stick with the 6 cell battery.

Personally, I think the Latitude series is worth the extra money over
the Inspiron series.

On Fri, 04 May 2007 09:17:27 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:

>Maurice ON4BAM wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm in for a new laptop and will probably get the Dell Inspiron 6400
>> with T7200 (2GHz) CPU, 2GB 667MHz RAM, and 160GB HD. What would be the
>> expected battery time form the 6 or 9 cell battery. I guess I'll go
>> for the 9cell anyway but maybe the 6 cell would do also.
>>
>> I'm also open to suggestions about similar laptops in the same
>> pricerange that might be a better choice. I'm in Europe (Belgium) so
>> sub US$1000 will not cut it :-(
>
>The 9 cell batteries are annoying. Unless you really need the longer run
>time, stick with the 6 cell battery.

What's annoying about them? Battery life is rather important.

>Personally, I think the Latitude series is worth the extra money over
>the Inspiron series.

Have you seen the prices on the Dell Euro sites ? Latitude is above my
budget (it's not going to be the main computer, just for holidays and
as extra PC when the other PCs are in use)


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SMS wrote:
> Maurice ON4BAM wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm in for a new laptop and will probably get the Dell Inspiron 6400
>> with T7200 (2GHz) CPU, 2GB 667MHz RAM, and 160GB HD. What would be the
>> expected battery time form the 6 or 9 cell battery. I guess I'll go
>> for the 9cell anyway but maybe the 6 cell would do also.
>>
>> I'm also open to suggestions about similar laptops in the same
>> pricerange that might be a better choice. I'm in Europe (Belgium) so
>> sub US$1000 will not cut it :-(
>
> The 9 cell batteries are annoying. Unless you really need the longer run
> time, stick with the 6 cell battery.
>
> Personally, I think the Latitude series is worth the extra money over
> the Inspiron series.

Here is how I do it. Battery specifications often also list their
watt-hour (Whr) capacity along with the number of cells. A 9 cell
battery may not last 9/6 times as long as a 6 cell battery because the
"cells" may not have the same capacity. Use the ration of Whr
specifications to get a better idea of battery life.

For example if you have a 50 Whr battery that has a 200 minute life then
a 80 Whr battery will give you 200 x (80/50) = 320 minutes of life.

On Sat, 05 May 2007 00:30:42 GMT, David <rjtechnology@gmail.com>
wrote:

>SMS wrote:
>> Maurice ON4BAM wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm in for a new laptop and will probably get the Dell Inspiron 6400
>>> with T7200 (2GHz) CPU, 2GB 667MHz RAM, and 160GB HD. What would be the
>>> expected battery time form the 6 or 9 cell battery. I guess I'll go
>>> for the 9cell anyway but maybe the 6 cell would do also.
>>>
>>> I'm also open to suggestions about similar laptops in the same
>>> pricerange that might be a better choice. I'm in Europe (Belgium) so
>>> sub US$1000 will not cut it :-(
>>
>> The 9 cell batteries are annoying. Unless you really need the longer run
>> time, stick with the 6 cell battery.
>>
>> Personally, I think the Latitude series is worth the extra money over
>> the Inspiron series.
>
>Here is how I do it. Battery specifications often also list their
>watt-hour (Whr) capacity along with the number of cells. A 9 cell
>battery may not last 9/6 times as long as a 6 cell battery because the
>"cells" may not have the same capacity. Use the ration of Whr
>specifications to get a better idea of battery life.
>
>For example if you have a 50 Whr battery that has a 200 minute life then
>a 80 Whr battery will give you 200 x (80/50) = 320 minutes of life.

I know how to calculate the difference so that brings back the
original question: How long will a battery last in the above
configuration?


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--
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