92%
2:15 left @ 11:19 (0:00)

91%
1:59 left @ 11:20 (0:01)

90%
2:13 left @ 11:21 (0:02)

83%
1:55 left @ THREAD CREATION (0:13)

81%
1:52 left @ 11:34 (0:15)

[Edited on March 3, 2008 at 11:35 PM. Reason : how do you ghost edit again]

3/3/2008 11:32:28 PM

i just unplugged mine...it says 99% 2 hours 39 minutes

3/3/2008 11:34:14 PM

Mine must suck cause it doesn't give me a time.

The battery life on this one sucks though, where do you buy laptop batteries?

3/3/2008 11:35:59 PM

http://www.dell.com

3/3/2008 11:41:51 PM

http://www.ebay.com

3/3/2008 11:50:13 PM

66%
1:01 left @ 11:50 (0:31)

just opened the game 'second life' for about 5-10 min

ps, shawna, do you use xp? it might be a vista "feature" - vista is likely the liar actually. its awful at telling you how long something will take to copy as well.

3/3/2008 11:51:23 PM

^^^Dude, I don't have a Dell.

^^word

^no, this is actually running vista as well. It tells me the percentage charged but no time.

3/4/2008 12:01:51 AM

ebay is hit or miss...be careful and pick a good seller....i heard a lot of folks say their battery is new and its not

[Edited on March 4, 2008 at 12:03 AM. Reason : and avoid knockoffs]

3/4/2008 12:03:15 AM

Mine's full of lies as well.

3/4/2008 12:05:05 AM

52%
0:51 left @ 12:04 (0:45)

3/4/2008 12:05:14 AM

i got a Dell Inspiron 1525 about a month ago, and my battery will last about 5hrs before it completely shuts off. but there's a couple different settings i can change, so that it doesn't use as much power to run the laptop, making it last longer than that.

3/4/2008 12:05:27 AM

92%
2:15 left @ 11:19 (0:00)

91%
1:59 left @ 11:20 (0:01)

90%
2:13 left @ 11:21 (0:02)

83%
1:55 left @ THREAD CREATION (0:13)

81%
1:52 left @ 11:34 (0:15)

66%
1:01 left @ 11:50 (0:31)

52%
0:51 left @ 12:04 (0:45)

46%
0:38 left @ 12:08 (0:49)

look at it burning up! someone good at excel make a graph real quick or something plz. only if youre bored and it will take like 1 min

3/4/2008 12:09:26 AM

24%
0:20 left @ 12:27 (1:08)

22%
18 left @ 12:29 (1:10)

and the warning thing is on. plugging it in so i dont go into hibernate and grind my drive out. har har

results: it started by saying i had 2:15 left with pretty much a full battery. half that time later, it was at 24% (now 22), with only 20 minutes left. so at best, 2:15 really = 1:30. and likely 1:25.

so a full battery lasts an hour and a half. awesome. maybe i have a ghost in my house that drains my battery in an attempt to manifest!!1

3/4/2008 12:28:33 AM

so like did i win?

3/4/2008 12:53:06 AM

mine got bad enough recently that it tells me when i start the computer that i should replace that shit immediately


i have about 10 minutes after unplugging, on a good day.

3/4/2008 1:45:36 AM