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Old 12-23-2008, 12:19 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Crispy's Critter View Post
I just got my new laptop from dell, one of the new XPS's. I get a whopping 1 hr 40 min life out of my battery at 100% on the best battery saving mode. Is there any way to get this up? Was it maybe not charged properly or something at the factory, causing it to suck so harsh?

Of course this thing lights up like the bridge of the Enterprise, both inside and out, so I'm sure that has a lot to do with it.

As for the OP, generally you can find decently priced replacement batteries on ebay, and occasionally even find brand new name brand batteries there as well at decent prices.
have you tried turning down your screen brightness? turn off WiFi and Bluetooth too if you're not using them. Also uninstall all the crapware that Dell pre-installs on your laptop when it shipped if you don't use them so they don't start everytime you turn your laptop on.
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