Longest Battery Life Laptops..

[itsed]

I've been killing myself researching what laptop has the best battery life and so far it ends up being the Ibm Think Pad laptops.

Though those laptops usaully end up costing a bunch, was wondering if anyone knows of any other brands that are around the 6 hour range and are affordable.

 

[DaWhim]

dell 700m with 8cell battery will get over 6 hours easily.

 

[Corporate Thug]

hp dv1000 with 12 cell and what DaWhim said

 

[itsed]

I've been told that 700m can pull out 5 hours max on the 8 cell and that the 700m does have some drainage issue, but I've been scoping it out and it looks great, especially at such cheap prices.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Gateway 45xx series. Friend bought one on sale @ BBY for like $1200 (CDRW, Pentium M 705) and gets 5 hours with no wi-fi and low brightness.

 

[ViperV990]

I'm getting 6 hour's easily with the Toshiba R100 that has a 3 cell internal and a 6 cell external battery... The external battery comes standard with the lappy.

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
dell 700m with 8cell battery will get over 6 hours easily.

thats questionable...

 

[jthg]

Sager NP3790.

6hours and 15min w/ the 12 cell battery.

The specs are VERY nice for a laptop that lasts more than 6 hours: 15.4" screen & M9700 graphics card.

 

[way]

Apple iBook can get 6 hours on one battery charge fairly easily.

 

[ai42]

My IBM R50 pulls almost 6 hrs on my 9 cell battery. I can also slap in a CD bay battery which would push me to somewhere around 9 hrs.

 

[zodder]

Originally posted by: jthg
Sager NP3790.

6hours and 15min w/ the 12 cell battery.

The specs are VERY nice for a laptop that lasts more than 6 hours: 15.4" screen & M9700 graphics card.

Damn! I guess so..

 

[fyleow]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
dell 700m with 8cell battery will get over 6 hours easily.

I'm using my 700M now and I wouldn't say it "easily" gets over 6 hours. If you are getting 5 hours out of it you're using the battery very sparingly. With WIFI on, basic apps like IE and word I get a little less than 5 I think and this is with lowest brightness.