Excuse my tech ignorance

stefano

My Dell Inspiron Mini 1011 battery is not lasting any longer that 90 minutes, and started looking for a replacement. But I encountered a variety of different specs: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_i_1?rh=k%3Adell+inspiron+mini+1011+battery%2Ci%3Acomputers&keywords=dell+inspiron+mini+1011+battery&ie=UTF8&qid=1305367356
Now what is the difference between 2400mAh, 4800mAh and 5200mAh?

stilltheone

There may also be differences in bulk.

davb

Generally, the higher the milliamp-hour (mAH) rating of the battery, the longer the runtime will be. The downside is that they will be more expensive, heavier, and possibly bigger (on some of the Dell laptop's higher capacity batteries stick out at the back)

stefano

Where do I find the mAh rating of my current battery?

free4440273

davb wrote: »

Generally, the higher the milliamp-hour (mAH) rating of the battery, the longer the runtime will be. The downside is that they will be more expensive, heavier, and possibly bigger (on some of the Dell laptop's higher capacity batteries stick out at the back)

very true. noticed that too on some of the new Dell (lovely ) XPS models //

asbokid

stefano wrote: »

Where do I find the mAh rating of my current battery?

on the battery itself. you have have to remove the battery if the rating label is on the upperside.

S0litaire

By default the Dell Inspiron Mini 1011 came with the 2400mAh (but some were incorrectly identified as 3600mAh batteries by the netbook)

stefano

S0litaire wrote: »

By default the Dell Inspiron Mini 1011 came with the 2400mAh (but some were incorrectly identified as 3600mAh batteries by the netbook)

So hopefully, the 4800mAh should last twice as long

stilltheone

stefano wrote: »

So hopefully, the 4800mAh should last twice as long

In theory, yes. Either way, substantially better than the 2400mAh model.

Lil306

Has the battery been calibrated properly?