Dell's Ivy Bridge Latitude Offer 33 Hours Battery Life

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Dell is pulling out all of the stops in trying to reach maximum battery life for its Latitude laptop line. By combining the latest Intel Core processor, solid state drives and increased battery storage capacity, Dell has managed an impressive 33 hours of operation.

The long battery life was reached with a nine-cell battery, and batteries that plug into the bay and under the laptop.
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Oh wait, you have to use additional external batteries? Maybe not so impressive.
 
That is a long time, however, how many batteries were attached? 3? Regular battery, one in the drive bay and one under the laptop? Geesh. Am I reading that wrong? Are they also going to make it so you can remove the batteries from your Volt or Prius and attach the laptop to those as well? ;)
 
Three batteries? My Sandy Bridge HP Folio 13 does 9 hours. With 3 batteries that's 27 hours. So the Ivy Bridge Dell can do 6 more hours than my Folio 13, or 2 more hours on a single battery?
 
Azhar said:
Three batteries? My Sandy Bridge HP Folio 13 does 9 hours. With 3 batteries that's 27 hours. So the Ivy Bridge Dell can do 6 more hours than my Folio 13, or 2 more hours on a single battery?
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Well, two additional batteries, one that fits in the optical drive bay and another that apparently plugs into the underside of the laptop.

So we really have no clue what the total battery capacity is or what the total weight of this battery-laden behemoth is.
 
Dell's been doing okay with their Latitude series. I totally love the E6520 I use at the office. The E6500/E6510 was kinda garbage, but the D series was nice too (D620, 820, 630, & 830) as long as you didn't get a faulty nVidia GPU. Of course that means dealing with Intel graphics, but for work it was fine and they were built to be super abusable.
 
So when this shitty dell's batteries explode, people will really know it's a dell from the extra battery power. :D
 
Parja said:
Well, two additional batteries, one that fits in the optical drive bay and another that apparently plugs into the underside of the laptop.

So we really have no clue what the total battery capacity is or what the total weight of this battery-laden behemoth is.
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Yeah the weight of this machine came to mind too -probably about 10 or so pounds.

No thanks, I'll stick with my three-pound Folio 13.
 
So a laptop gets extra battery life when a bunch of extra batteries are attached, amazing!

Now what's the actual battery life with only the standard battery used? How much does this behemoth weigh when you need 33 hours of battery and don't have access to a power outlet for a day and a half?
 
Lenovo did the same concept with one of their X series laptops. They turned a 3.5 pound laptop into like a 10 pound monstrosity.
 
I remember dell doing this on the old p3 4xxx series inspirions (battery pack replaced the cdrom/floppy bay) run time was an impressive 3.2 hours lol
 
Sounds like they're selling a battery pack with a sophisticated monitoring system!

Actually, I'm glad to see them putting extra batteries in the optical drive bay. I'd use the battery more frequently than the drive, and you could still swap it out if need be. What is the run time with the standard battery + media bay battery?
 
The real question is: What do you need to use a notebook so long for, without having an opportunity to charge/use an external power source? :confused:
 
Mohonri said:
Sounds like they're selling a battery pack with a sophisticated monitoring system!

Actually, I'm glad to see them putting extra batteries in the optical drive bay. I'd use the battery more frequently than the drive, and you could still swap it out if need be. What is the run time with the standard battery + media bay battery?
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Uhhh Latitudes have had that feature since the universe began.

And also, my Sandy Bridge Latitude goes for 12 hours effortlessly with wifi on and surfing. With the extra battery. And thats not even running out of battery life.
 
HP's Sandy Bridge Elitebook can last 32 hours with just the main battery and the bottom battery, no need to lose your optical drive with that crazy 3 battery setup.
 
Melon said:
The real question is: What do you need to use a notebook so long for, without having an opportunity to charge/use an external power source? :confused:
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What else are people supposed to do on the weekend camping trip?
 
Azhar said:
Three batteries? My Sandy Bridge HP Folio 13 does 9 hours. With 3 batteries that's 27 hours. So the Ivy Bridge Dell can do 6 more hours than my Folio 13, or 2 more hours on a single battery?
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Mindless speculation and assumption. we have no specs on how much juice each battery can hold or even if they are all the same size/type. Your comparison is meaningless.
 
Spire3660 said:
Mindless speculation and assumption. we have no specs on how much juice each battery can hold or even if they are all the same size/type. Your comparison is meaningless.
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Yes I know it's just speculation at this point - hardly mindless however - but still some of the points I and others made are valid. At three battery packs it cease to be practical and portable, and as a comparison to my long-living notebook, I'd rather have mine.

But of course if the Latitude can maintain my 9 hours plus another 2 or 3 hours because it's an Ivy Bridge to my Sandy Bridge, then I'm all for it.

Throwing 3 battery packs and calling it a record is like expecting the average household to own 7Ghz processors by maintaining a LN cooling system. That's a huge "no thanks!" from me and probably majority of this board.

I, and probably everyone else here, want to know how the Latitude fares with just one battery. Not a bulging nine- or twelve-cell battery at that. A three- or six-cell battery that maintains a light notebook, flushed with the body is what I and probably majority of laptop users are going for.
 
thedge said:
Uhhh Latitudes have had that feature since the universe began.
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The E6x00/E6x10 line ditched it, but it made a comeback on the E6x20 line. If I take out the optical drive on my E6410 and look down the bay the only thing there is a SATA connector. No battery connector.
 
westrock2000 said:
What else are people supposed to do on the weekend camping trip?
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Uh, camp? :rolleyes: If you're taking notebooks, cell phones, etc with you when you go camping, you're severely missing the point of "enjoying" the outdoors.
 
Pylon said:
The E6x00/E6x10 line ditched it, but it made a comeback on the E6x20 line. If I take out the optical drive on my E6410 and look down the bay the only thing there is a SATA connector. No battery connector.
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This is eleventy-million percent true! Dell had a "slice" battery for the E6x00/6x10 series that attached to the docking connector and an extended main battery, but no option for a ROM bay replacement. At my office there's still quite a few of that generation that we haven't gotten around to replacing.
 
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