Dell Inspiron 6000 battery, how long is it supposed to last?

pin

How long are people getting in terms of use before charge?

Was just wondering as I think I'm getting about 2.5 - 3 hours on it, but that is with wireless on.

Is that about right or a bit too little and something to contact Dell over?

Thanks

Mr_Skint_2

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,120201,00.asp read on a bit
will give you an insight..

HTH

gizmoleeds

You will be hard pressed to find a laptop with better battery life than this. About 2 hours is the average I believe, plus the 6000 (which I also have BTW ) is designed more as a portable desktop replacement than a real "mobile" laptop (i.e. for use on the move).

I wouldn't recommend contacting Dell as really, that is above average.

pin

Cheers. The only reason I queried it was because the quotes for battery time were saying about 4 hours, but I'm guessing that is without wireless running.

gizmoleeds

pin wrote:

The only reason I queried it was because the quotes for battery time were saying about 4 hours, but I'm guessing that is without wireless running.

Four hours would probably be without anything running! Laptops all seem to have appalling battery running times.

There was an interesting survey by a mobile phone company recently in the paper - they asked people what features they wanted and overwhelmingly people didn't really care about cameras, WAP, email, mp3 ringtones and the like and just wanted better batteries!