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Old 01-04-2009, 11:21 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Incinerator View Post
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.
Thanks. I did all that, and also found where to turn off all the lcd lights on this thing, and it jumped my battery life up to about 2-1/2 hours. Still not great, but quite a bit better.
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