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Dell takes HP’s 24 hour battery claim seriously, puts it to test

Kunal Gangar — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:37:32 +0000

Dell didn’t seem to like it when HP’s Fred Bullock compared the excellent battery life of its Elitebook 6930p with a Dell laptop. Apparently in a bid to prove themselves, Dell put its Latitude E6400, HP Elitebook 6930p and Lenovo ThinkPad T400 to test.

Dell hired Principled Technologies to commission the study and used MobileMark 2007 for their battery test. The study proved that Latitude 6400 gave 19 hours to 20 hours 9 minutes of battery juice whereas HP came in at 21 hours 4 minutes.

HP did emerge as a winner but was the test really “apples-to-apples” as claimed by Dell? Not really. Further delving in the study shows that Dell used a 9-cell plus a battery slice whereas HP had a 6-cell one with the slice.

Even though Dell had a 9-cell battery, it couldn’t best a 6-cell one from HP. It would be really interesting to see the results if HP also sported a 9-cell battery in the test.

You can download the report from here. [PDF]

PS: Lenovo was not included in the test because they did not have an optional slice battery.

[Via Direct2Dell]

HP 6930p claims to run 24 hours on a single charge

Kunal Gangar — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:24:30 +0000

Yes, you read that right. HP Elitebook 6930p notebook does run around 24 hours on a single battery charge provided if we meet some obligatory conditions set by HP. The consumer needs to buy an ultra capacity battery, download latest drivers along with HP BIOS and run Windows XP. Vista is a big no-no as it easily screws up the tall claims. Another couple of things instrumental to achieve such battery life is the HP Illumi-Lite LED Display which straight away extends up the battery juice by 4 hours and the inclusion of Intel SSDs which helps to increase further battery life by 7 percent. All these things will be available from October. Still if you’re in a hurry to grab it, then this 14.1-incher notebook is available in HP store sans all the battery claims.

HP has not compromised on its build quality as the model complies with MIL-STD 810F military-standard tests. The inner shell is made up of magnesium, has spill-resistant keyboard and protection against bumps and drops. Basic model starts from $1199.

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