HP breaks 24hr laptop battery barrier
HP recently announced a breakthrough in laptop batteries: up to 24 hours of continuous usage on a single charge.
HP recently announced a breakthrough in laptop batteries: up to 24 hours of continuous usage on a single charge.
Specifically, the new HP EliteBook 6930p (from $1,549), when configured with an optional ultra-capacity 12-cell battery ($189), can deliver up to 24 hours of battery runtime. The 4.7-pound laptop features a 14.1-inch widescreen LCD display (or available with an optional mercury-free Illumi-Lite LED display), Intel Core 2 Duo processor, shock-resistant 160GB hard drive and up to 4GB of system memory.
"All-day computing has been the holy grail of notebook computing," said Ted Clark, senior vice president and general manager of HP’s notebook global business unit, in a company release. "With the HP EliteBook 6930p, customers no longer have to worry about their notebook battery running out before their work day is over."
Naturally, what you use your laptop for can affect battery performance greatly – word processing, for example, doesn’t eat away at system resources compared to, say, online gaming or video editing.
What would YOU do with 24 hours of laptop life?
"With the HP EliteBook 6930p, customers no longer have to worry about their notebook battery running out before their work day is over." ……who the hell uses their laptop for work for 24 hours straight in an environment where there's absolutely no place to plug it in and charge it
I will admit that battery life does make me look at this laptop, but when you really think about it, 24 hours does seem excessive. And most places now, airports, train stations, cafes, you can plug in laptops for a quick charge while traveling. It would be a better gauge to tell us an average use of "24 hours of word processing power, 6 hours online gaming, 7 hours of movies, etc" in order to better truly understand what we could do with that kind of battery life.
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Hard to believe! Just got a new HP Laptop and the battery last ~40 minutes!
Qdmac.
I would take a flight to Thailand just to say my battery lasted the whole way..
Given that my current laptop battery, marketed and spec'd to last 6 hours, peaks in at 1.5 hrs, I suspect this one will last 4.
Marc – have you actually used this machine for 24h? I concur that with battery life claims – "your mileage may vary", but have yet to see any perform anywhere close to as advertised.
IT Tech Guy and Qdmac, both of you are obviously not very well versed in computer usage. Mr. Guy, if you didn't spend all of that time watching pornographic videos, your laptop's battery would last much longer: It would not need to be constantly powering your WiFi/Ethernet to download the stream of video, it wouldn't need to use more power for your CPU for processing power, and it certainly wouldn't need to use the power that it needs to give to it's graphics card to display moving pictures. Qdmac, if you weren't just some Apple/Dell/Lenovo/Whatever Fanboy, and actually, "just got a new HP Laptop and the battery last ~40 minutes," then you'd obviously be more upset about it, AND you wouldn't be telling us; instead, you'd be calling up whereever you bought it, and demanding a replacement battery, or a refund.
As for those people saying that they don't need 24hrs of battery life: Have you ever been on a trip, essentially confined to a public vehicle, and no way to charge your laptop? That's just one possible situation. The other would never happen to me (because I would never bring a laptop camping), but if you go camping, and you need to bring your laptop for some, "reason," even if you only work on it eight hours a day, that's still three full days of work where you don't need to charge your laptop!
Further, even if this laptop's battery CAN'T perform to the 24hr mark as noted, at least it will last longer than the rest of laptop batteries out there!
I'm no fan of HP. In fact, I hated HP for taking over Compaq a long time ago, and I used to work for HP's main competitor, Dell.
I'm just sick of people being negative, whiny little brats who can't ever give constructive criticism, or even give credit when credit is due.
I'll say it again: I don't like you, HP, but now that you've got a laptop that lasts for a good while… I might just have to test-drive.
Hey Andrewstation,
No, I didn't test this laptop out for 24 hours — I wanted to remind readers that battery life will vary depending on the applications you're using.
Marc
Having great luck with Toshiba and Sony laptops in terms of battery life and poor luck with Apple and HP, I am skeptical as well. Of course the battery life will vary (Word processing is on a much different scale than video editing and Photoshop..) but with HP pulling out the new 12 cell, it gives me hope that other, more reliable manufacturers will jump on this and develop one of their own. God knows how much better it is having the 15" on board to get all my notes ready during those Winnipeg to L.A. trips..
that's alot of naughty pics to be searched
Thank you HP. For you have revolutionalized the way we live our lives. Now finally, I do not have to worry about my batter running out at the end of the day.
Geoff – I think you are gullible and naive to believe the marketing on this. Quite contrary to your remarks, I am well versed in "computer usage", having been involved in every aspect of the lifecycle of many thousands of these devices from procurement to their ultimate demise for a very large company. Whether it is Sony, HP, Toshiba or IBM, the batteries never last as long as advertised.
To quote you: "Further, even if this laptop's battery CAN'T perform to the 24hr mark as noted, at least it will last longer than the rest of laptop batteries out there!". This is exactly the point. It is about time that we (IT professionals) called vendors on their marketing hype to protect consumers who have nothing to go on but the word of the corner Marketing office.
I agree IT TECH GUY. The battery could cost likely 24hrs, if you turn on the machine and leave it with the screen off for 24 hours. But for regular use (not gaming) will most likely last a full 6-8 hour days work.
yeah 24hrs is better than 3hr long of my laptop right now i have, but i wouldn't buy hp laptop, 1. too thick, 2. not compatable, 3. poor performance, 4. poor style, 5. wont last long. 6.hard to use. 7.battery burn out common 8. price not worth with hp 9. speed not fast 10. hard to upgrade, anyway i am using most of the time at home i can carry the wire around with me , with wire plug in the computer run will run faster than battery and it not border me and not wast too much money on just a battery..
Mason, do you even know what product you are talking about? Not compatible with what? Poor performance compared to what? What is so hard to use? The one that kills me the most – hard to upgrade – how the hell is it any different than upgrading any other laptop out there? And how do you quantify the rest of your comments? Maybe you should go back to your Apple fanboy club where your lack of knowledge blends in with the rest of the crowd.
Hi,
Listen to this testimonial. I bought a HP laptop, from Best Buy, Christmas 2007. The battery lasted six months, (they are not guarenteed)and retailers do not stock that type of merchandise. So,it was up to me to search the web to find a replacement. HP sells those batteries, at 173.00$ a crack. They are special orders. Now they boast a 24 hour battery? How long will that battery last … 3 months. An unsatisfied consumer. HP, you are no longer on my Christmas card list.
Roy
Hello everyone,
Listen to this testimonial. I bought a Hewlett-Packard laptop, Christmas 2007. The battery pack that came with it lasted six months. I went to the retailer with my proof of purchase. Battery is not guarenteed! Okay. So I went online, and found a replacement, HP sells them for 173.00$, special orders. Retailers do not stock batteries. I wonder why? And now HP announces a 24 hour battery? How long will that battery last before it burns out … 3 months? Did my message come across? I am not a happy customer. HP … you are no longer on my Christmas card list.
Roy
Woooow!! I can finally watch a whole movie during my flight to Hong Kong lawl~~ The airplane movies are so boring and the screens are so small… lol
This is super cool, even if it lasts half as long. Imagine being on a plane flying from New York to LA and being able to play World of Warcraft the entire time. Jeeshh, long flights are going to be easier to deal with now.
First the author should be ashamed of putting out info under such a headline without any knowledge.
I am happy with my HP DV2700 series laptop which I bought for half the price you are talking about here (and which came with its max 4gb ram compared to the 2gb on the one you are apparently promoting. I guess the buyer is paying for a slightly better processor but I am not technically minded. My HD is bigger too.
Finally, I recently bought the battery you are discussing for $100 on sale and think it is good, and so does the only other person I have talked to who owns one.