How long is the battery life of a 6 cell standard laptop lithium ion battery?

Question

how long does the battery last before it has to be charged again and does it vary from one laptop to the next?
if so how's the battery life if u get the standard battery on an hp pavilion (im looking into the dv5z series)

also if anybody can give me any pointers on how to maximize battery life and prevent losing battery life as the battery gets older, it would be appreciated

Answer 1

If it is high capacity, it might last 4 hours, (Internet only). if is not about 3 hours.

Answer 2

Well, I can't really answer your first set because I'm honestly not too sure (I can get up to 8 hours on my Macbook, if that helps), but I have TONNS of pointers--



1. Turn your screen as dim as you can

2. Press ctrl, alt, and delete on your PC (or command, option, esc on mac), and always shut off all programs that you don't need running

3. If you have wifi/whatever running and you don't need it, shut it off

4. Playing movies will wear your battery right down, so if you can help it, don't watch any if you need long battery life for something



long term:

1. Keep your battery as cool as possible at all times (but not below like 40 degrees)

2. When you're using AC power, take your battery out! The hard drive will get your battery hot and it will lose its life slowly

3. When you have to use your battery, try to wear it down all the way every time you use it. Don't use it some, re-charge it, use it some more, re-charge it---wear it all the way down and then charge it.



I hope this helps :)

Answer 3

It depends dramatically on the specs of the laptop it's connected to. I have a 9-cell that lasts three hours tops under Linux (and 2 1/2 under Vista) on a gaming laptop, but I've heard on lower end systems runtimes in the order of 4 hours up on even the default battery.



One way to maximize battery life, on Vista, is turning off the Aero Glass interface since it uses 3d hardware to render (which is why Linux runs longer for me), also turn down the screen brightness to the minimum you need to view it, find a way to spin down the hard drives when they're not needed, don't use any external devices, turn off unneeded subsystems that can be turned off (like wireless and Bluetooth when you're not using it, accessory lights, etc.). To that end there might even be ways to turn off Services under Windows to demand less hard drive access. Also another biggie is to find a way to throttle down the CPU to the minimum it allows.

Answer 4

Well, I'm looking at the exact same laptop and I'm wanting the 12-cell (I know, it's really bulgy, but i think it's worth it). you should probably upgrade to 12-cell or 6-cell upgrade (not sure what it's called, it's like power saving battery or something).

Answer 5

memory or in different words RAM <<< Processor speed and charm of processor i'd recommend a twin middle processor. and particularly atleast 3-4gb of RAM and looking out on wat u use your pc for properly annoyingcontinual area. 250gb or 320 would desire to do u positive.