How good is the battery for Facebook / Youtube / MS Office / random college homework?
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for basic use I would say it can run for at least 4 hours or more, obviously less if youre gaming and such.
1652308
The battery has lasted for a full work day for me, doing word processing and office tasks. The battery was down to about 30% at the end of the day.
1227557
I am very pleased with the AGPtek nine-cell battery. It has tamed that little power-greedy bugger and made it useful. I run Mint Linux on it. I've never actually run it down to empty, but I have gotten more than three hours out of it. The power meter says I have more than six when its fully charged -- and I think it would give that as long as you weren't taxing the drive and graphics too much. It is a bit bulky, but I actually like the way it raises the back of the unit to make it like the legs of desktop keyboard. It also gets rather warm, so I wouldn't recommend using it in cramped conditions where that heat will be allowed to build up. All-in-all, I recommend it as a good solution to the problem. I am very pleased with the AGPtek nine-cell battery. It has tamed that little power-greedy bugger and made it useful. I run Mint Linux on it. I've never actually run it down to empty, but I have gotten more than three hours out of it. The power meter says I have more than six when its fully charged -- and I think it would give that as long as you weren't taxing the drive and graphics too much. It is a bit bulky, but I actually like the way it raises the back of the unit to make it like the legs of desktop keyboard. It also gets rather warm, so I wouldn't recommend using it in cramped... » Read More I am very pleased with the AGPtek nine-cell battery. It has tamed that little power-greedy bugger and made it useful. I run Mint Linux on it. I've never actually run it down to empty, but I have gotten more than three hours out of it. The power meter says I have more than six when its fully charged -- and I think it would give that as long as you weren't taxing the drive and graphics too much. It is a bit bulky, but I actually like the way it raises the back of the unit to make it like the legs of desktop keyboard. It also gets rather warm, so I wouldn't recommend using it in cramped conditions where that heat will be allowed to build up. All-in-all, I recommend it as a good solution to the problem. « Show Less
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The one I have has 3 gig ram, 200 gig HD and the battery last about 2 hours avg.
1498840
In my opinion, no. Try not syncing so many apps. I had my battery fully charged at 100%, turned off sync of all Google and logged out of Facebook. I was at a state fair and did some texting, snapped about 60 photos and logged in and out of FB about five times. My batter got to 25% in about five hours. I DID not have the brightness set to auto but had the device in Power Saving mode. This replacement would last just as long.
430447
Thanks for the reply! I also frequent notebookreview.com....I received my UL30A-A2 today, though, and will put it through the battery test hoops over the next couple of days. Even if it is not the advertised 16 hours 12 hours is still absolutely excellent imo!
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I get extremely good battery life, I believe the biggest power draw to be the HDD (which I replaced with a Samsung 840 Evo), so that may be why I get better than most. I also use the sleep function A LOT! But, this is my school and travel computer and I use it about 2-3 hours a day and only plugin every other day.
1467990
The screen resolution is great. A full battery usually last me around 8 hours.
306609
I don't use the laptop that much. I haven't timed it but the battery lasts a couple of hours. It's enough to get what I want done.
2078740
I bought this battery because I didn't want to spend the money for an Apple battery. For the money, I am very satisfied with it's performance. On a full charge, it will last probably from 2 - 2 1/2 hrs. Since I don't use the laptop for work, since I'm retired, this works fine for me.
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I also read somewhere 3 hours; I've never timed it. I just returned from a month in Australia where I mainly used it for email, facebook (new to me!) and loading photos and playing videos (attended a bunch of concerts!). It worked well for those purposes ... I was able to use the pc on battery and when finished, plug it in and it was ready for the next time I wanted to use it.
715003
Saul,I do the same thing, I game heavily, and use it in class. I keep the settings light weight for on battery, ramp to 100% on power. This means I do not game while on battery.While in class using word, power point, Firefox on wireless, downloading and uploading schoolwork and having several tabs in FF open at the same time I get around 4 hours off of a full charge. I'm actually very impressed I was expecting at most 2 hours under that load. But the ssd and smart power management really makes a difference.Hope this helps!
1604414
ive had this computer for more than 2 months now. it's a really good computer and the battery life depends on how much your using it. If your using it for videos and tv i'd say around 3 hours. if it's solely for research it gives me a good 4-5 hours before i have to plug it in
275682
Using it for class, I get 4-5 hours. (screen brightness down, speakers off ect. just taking notes) Using it for random stuff (flash games reddit ect.) 3.5-4, Gaming lasts for an unexpectedly long time depending on the game of course
1643294
I use it for games on games.com and facebook. I love this notebook. nicer than my Dell by a mile.
1602368
The battery doesn't last as long as the specs say it will, but then again, that is the case with all computers. I use quite a bit of CPU throughout the day, so without charging I would say it lasts 4 to 5 hours. Given the amount of CPU I'm using, I'm very please with that. If you are just using Microsoft Word and maybe 2 tabs of whatever browser, I would imagine the battery lasts much longer than 4-5 hours.
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Maybe 2 hours on battery saving mode if your lucky. If battery life is a concern I'd look elsewhere. This computer is mostly a desktop replacement.