My Full battery (T420) test if interested

I was interested in how far a full battery (6 cell) charge would go with all settings cranked up to high or near high, and got about . I got down to 7% when I got the final warning that it would go into hibernate mode automatically if I did not connect to another power source.



Heavy internet usage, Wordpad, Youtube a little, 20 minutes veiwing "2012"Netflex movie, and the screen at the full 15 setting.



For me, the range was just fine. Using "Some" battery life settings, I know I would be just fine on the road until I found a power plug.



Movies was another matter. The one movie I viewed "2012" was OK, but it was not steller. Had to view the screen straight on or it would not look right. YouTube viewing was better for some reason. Of course, I did not purchase this notebook for games, movies as such but for work and Internet usage.

Reply 1 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

Thanks for posting your results.

Reply 2 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

Thanks for those 'real life' results. 1 question, English is not my native language and I do not understand 'steller' (neither does Google translate)

Reply 3 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

How straight on do you have to watch something? My wife and I were thinking of also using this with the ability to watch movies on trips and edit photos (neither of us are photo idealists so don't need the most accurate color)

Reply 4 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

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Originally Posted by ThiPaX40 Thanks for those 'real life' results. 1 question, English is not my native language and I do not understand 'steller' (neither does Google translate)

He meant stellar, which can be synonymous to outstanding

Reply 5 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

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Originally Posted by nbbm He meant stellar, which can be synonymous to outstanding

So, 'not stellar' would mean something like mediocre?

Reply 6 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

Thanks for running this test and posting the results.

Reply 7 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

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Originally Posted by ThiPaX40 So, 'not stellar' would mean something like mediocre?

No. It would more or less mean 'not amazing'. People tend to say 'good, but not stellar'.

Reply 8 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

It is not as good as I expected. Which job consumes more power: heavy internet or video playback?

Reply 9 : My Full battery (T420) test if interested

How about something more reasonable along the lines of



CPU Adaptive

CPU Deeper Sleep Enabled

Brightness 7-8/15

Fan control balanced

Optical drive powered off or removed



EDIT:

Also, which browser did you use? Chrome would raise a red flag for me.