Whats the battery life like on this laptop?
151432
On "Battery Saver" power settings with brightness of the screen turned down, for web browsing and word processing my battery runs to around 10% at about 6 hours or so. In the description on Amazon it advertises 6.5 hours of battery life. I'd say that is about correct.
151433
it depends on what you use, wifi + fb+ youtube 3hours , also if you watch a film 3 hours , but if you play a game than in 1.5 hours battery life will last, just tiping word document or oly use fb can last 5 hours and more, i think normal battery life
1198046
The battery life really depends on your screens brightness and what your doing on the internet. Watching videos or downloading things will drain the battery more then just posting on facebook or doing research. As for the keyboard, no it doesn't have a backlight which, to me, is the only thing I see wrong with it besides the touch pad. Not sure if its just mine but my touch pad doesn't work properly. Other then that, its a great laptop, im completely satisfied with it.
774075
It depends on your performance settings and what you're doing on the laptop. I use mine with high performance and generally use light programs (MS Office) and web browsing and it generally lasts about 2-4 hours depending. The life of the battery can extend quite beyond that I believe by turning off features and downgrading performance, but I have not really explored those features fully.
2024715
The battery like lasts long, the laptop itself works very good, the beats sound is great, I can't complain, was a good purchase
1658206
I have the same laptop, and have been using the battery for about three weeks. So far, so good. The battery life is definitely lower than the original battery, but I didn't keep in-depth stats on the original, so it's hard to gauge. I get about 1.5 hours of life out of this battery when watching movies.
1309416
I owned one of these new from hp. my battery would last up to 4- 1/2 hours. But I followed the owners manual. And this is the best laptop that HP has made in a while. and If I had extra money I would buy myself another one.
1721835
The average battery time in my new toshiba laptop is approximately 4 hours.
715001
Saul,The battery lasts quite a long time depending on settings and how you have it set up. I have mine set up for High performance when plugged in, but when I put it on battery it goes into a light power mode which lasts for about 4 hours being that I am usually running several windows of word, excel, and multiple Java programming windows. If you are looking to get a gaming laptop with a high performance battery I would have to say this would be one of the top choices for a 17" laptop.
864952
Battery life is great! I get about 3+ hours of basic use (browsing, etc) and about 1.75-2 hours using photoshop, light gaming, etc. if you manually specify most programs to use the intel graphics it lasts quite a while more than the nvidia graphics, but you'll always trade power for speed. Overall it's a great setup and I've thoroughly enjoyed mine for both work (photographer) and play (gamer).
2252840
I used the battery on a Windows 7 laptop under the "Balanced" mode, screen brightness at around 50%, and I regularly received around 6 to 6 1/2 hours of battery life.
2037777
yup,usin it right now. even double of battery life if usin the 6-cell currenty. does add a bit of weight, kinda like a normal laptop as opposed to ultrabook, but well worth it, 10 hour day with random music and movie streaming, easy twelve if just business.
1534749
Mine lasts about 7~8 hours for regular use when I use the Quite Office Setting.I know it's still better than any other laptops as to battery life.
107865
It lasts less than 3 hours when unplugged and doing just some browsing and watching videos online. Gaming will probably give you like 2 hours of battery life. It's important to know that the Nvidia graphics card is only used when the laptop is plugged in. While on battery, it only uses the integrated Intel graphics chip, so gaming probably won't be the same.
2239094
It depends on the computer you're using it with, your screen brightness, whether or not you're on the internet, watching videos, have the volume turned up, etc. I get about 2 hours average, which is about 40% of the 5 hours I got on the Lenovo brand battery that came with my laptop.
2149568
I get about 3.5 to 4 hours. I think it also depends upon what you are doing on your laptop and also the power settings you are using (the brighter the more power and the amount of time you keep it awake) will determine how long it will last.
138787
Yeah the battery life is great actually l! with just 40% of battey it last up to 7hours
658175
It will depend of how you are using it, for normal use like internet browsing it last up to 6 hours, but for gaming or video I could experience 4 hours at full brightness. Overall the battery life it's very very good