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Thread: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

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    How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    I get a little over an hour in On-Demand mode. That seems a little low to me...
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    Re: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    It's going to depend on your usage. Also, how old is your machine.
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    Re: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    I'm usually plugged in, but I understand that my new Panp7 is expected to last around 1.5 hours.

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    Re: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    I decided to keep my panp7 (about a month old, now) on to see how long the battery would last, so, while watching a hockey game, I made sure the screen stayed on until it was down to about 5% - it took 2 hours and 5, maybe 10 minutes. The usage was not particularly heavy, as I was just chatting with friends, websurfing, and doing some writing.
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    Re: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    Basically I'm taking notes and doing light web browsing, and it dies in an hour or so. Kind of disappointing for almost a grand.
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    Re: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    i do light web browsing(wireless), have my mail client running and was reading a PDF Book for an hour and a half b4 the power indicator turned red.
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    Re: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    Depending on age, one to 1.5 hours is about on par for the Pangolin. Two would be exceptional.
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    Re: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    My setup is a panp7, with doing nothing major other than surfing the web lasts for only 100 minutes... 1%/min... the laptop is brand new, I've had it for a week, but it is a core i7.

    It's my one and major issue with this laptop...

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    Re: How long is the battery supposed to last in the Pangolin Performance?

    That's about on par with our estimates. Mine's a year old with the i7-840QM. I don't treat the battery very well, and it lasts about an hour now. You're within normal range.
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