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Old September 17, 2008, 06:40 AM
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Default HP breaks 24hr laptop battery barrier
HP recently announced a breakthrough in laptop batteries: up to 24 hours of continuous usage on a single charge.

HP breaks 24hr laptop battery barrier | sync :: the tech & gadgets blog

I'm lucky to get 2 hrs on my battery
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Old September 17, 2008, 10:12 AM
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Considering the usual lie is 5-6 and you get 1.5-2 I guess this lie would translate into 6-8 hours.
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Old September 17, 2008, 11:35 AM
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Which is still could considering the dact average laptops can only do 1-3 hours of usage. Plus one to more power !!!!!!
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Old September 17, 2008, 10:37 PM
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I think they must measure battery life with everything turned off that they can turn off and still have the system run, and on the lowest power using processor and memory amount.
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24hours under normal operating configuration and I'll be impressed, and that includes wifi.

Though, a 12cell battery cant really afford itself too well to portability
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