Q:
I have an Acer laptop with the equipment like below:
Core Duo 1.66GHz,
2G RAM, 533MHz,
120G hard disk
ATIX1400 movable graphic card.
When screen brightness is turned to the lowest, and the Wi-Fi is opened, it could hold 1 hour and 40 minutes at most, which really drives me crazy.
I’m eager to change a XPS m1210 laptop, and now the most thing I’m interested in is how long the battery could last? I got many different comments, some said almost about 4 hours and a half, and some said more than 6 hours. Generally I just play some little games for pleasure, but how does it use lower my battery’s using time, anyway? And what if equipped with some specified graphic card, what is the problem then?
Really hope to get your suggestion and help. Thank you so much!
A:
1): Running time = battery capacity/ battery consumption, battery flowmeter will tell you the battery capacity and power consumption, 1.66GHz, X1400 display card is almost like an old Acer laptop’s 6-core battery. When running, generally they both have 2.7 to 3 hours lasting. If you can validate that whether the application is running or all software processes are stopped, then you will have a more thorough understanding about power consumption. For example, install Firefox Flashblock to stop other applications consuming battery power. I expect that m1210’s Intel display card could give a same power capacity, because there’s no big difference between hardware, if the background light is a little dark, and you have no wireless or Bluetooth device at han