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13.3" laptop with longest battery life?
I'm looking for a 13.3" inch laptop with the longest battery life- preferably 7 hours+ (10 hr rated?). The reason for the screen size is I'm using this heavily for school and I don't want to lug around something huge on top of 5 textbooks.
Preferably somewhere that ships to Canada (so amazon.com isn't an option, and amazon.ca sucks). Anyone know of any? Price range is $800 and down, preferably $700 and less. I'm aware that I made a previous post about this, but the laptop I found got discontinued
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TBH best laptop I have used in the size range was a HP Envy 14".
The Toshiba Portege R700 is also another great one... The problem there...is price..both of those range from $1000-$1300. the IBM IdeaPad u350 might not be a bad choice either. Those are Reseller only, bestbuy/newegg etc.
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Hmm, wait for Bobcat? Products are being announced, and I am sure that its battery life is going to be awesome.
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Sometimes a laptop AND A SECOND BATTERY may give you more options than an all-in-one 10hr life. That would also open up the option of a netbook. Everything to save space, weight, damage and theft factor.
If you like macs, then apparently the new Air has a very long battery life. http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/30/macbo...-battery-life/ If these figures are true, they are so much better than any netbook I have used which tend to survice 2-3hrs only. There is also a whole market in extended EXTERNAL batteries. Things that are small bricks that you use to keep your laptop/phone etc. charged. They may be fugly, but they can be used for multiple devices, or will survive your laptop upgrade next year... But as fourstaff says, the new E-350 AMD is supposed to be very energy efficient at 6.5W incl. IGP for passive browsing/word etc. Let's see. They are out at the end of Feb. Can you wait until then?
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http://www.cendirect.com/main_en/tec...624464&rSrc=pc
The ASUS UL20 (12") is slightly smaller with slightly less battery but in the 600$ range. Else the UL30 is what you are looking for
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asus ul30vt-1 is what i have, its rated for 12 hours of battery life
its got a 1.73ghz c2d culv, intel gma/nvidia g210m, 4gb ddr3, and a huge battery its 13.3 and weighs under 4 lbs.. its last years model, there are newer versions which uses the core i3 processors but they consume a little bit more power |
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If you dont need something that powerful - you could try going for one the newer netbooks that have the N550 Dual core Atom processor - buy 8cell battery for it + 4gb ram and your good to go
:Edit: as an optional item you could put in an SSD
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I've got an Acer 3820TG, while I know that Acer has a bad rep, I've been fairly satisfied with it. It does what I want, and if you can find one with the bigger battery, it should do 7+ hours. Mine does 4-5h.
Look here for comments, buying locations and more info.
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I'm gonna get hurt for this, but the Macbook Pro has pretty darn good battery life. In this test they looped a DVD movie for 7.5 hours on one charge. Dated tech though, only C2D.
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I have an ASUS U30Jc, and it's a beast. Geforce 310M, Core i3 370, and on power saver medium brightness and wifi on, I get about 6-8 hours of battery life. It looks sexy too. The newer ASUS laptops really shine with battery life. I can play SC2 and TF2 and the like anytime, too.
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yea but the asus are a lot more expensive and nowhere near as powerful for the price. battery wise i say at least 6 hours if you get the i3 which is plenty enough for school. plus the acer is thinner
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A lot more expensive? $680 vs $650? I think not.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Computer.html I paid about $800 for mine and it was worth every penny. They also throw in a two year accidental warranty.
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i say this one owns the asus
Acer Aspire TimelineX AS3820T-6480 Notebook Intel ... stronger, thinner, lighter in case he game tho, the asus wins, but i would get the acer for the thin look |
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If you get the Acer with 6550M (or 5650M, the same thing), then it beats Asus' every which way.
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hmm the one that DD link is actually pretty good because it got the 310m but i dont think that it wasnt on sale like that a month ago when i looked (that's why i said the asus was more expensive). lol im contradicting myself
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i paid $550 for mine.. built in geforce 210m (310m is a rebranded 210). performs very well, and cpu comes with a 33% overclock out of the box . you get much more than 6 hours... its more like 9-10
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its a recert, got it for 550.. normally retails for like 800 on newegg.. got a great deal
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