Laptop battery time

[SpartanStrength]

I have a Dell XPS M140, and my battery time was estimated at around 5 hours. I read a review of someone saying the get around 4:15 while browing the internet with wireless and doing office work. Right now I am doing school work, with my wireless card at work, and my battery time estimated me at about 2:30 the minute i turned it on at like 98 percent... WTF? My screen is one level above dimness..how can i get more timee??

[lucabratzi]

i get about 20 mins on mine...but i think u'd get better responses in the computer forum..

[l2elapse]

get a dual 12 cell batter

[Kale]

How old is the battery ?

[SVTMuscle*]

I get about an hour in a half with the wireless internet enabled, on my Toshiba laptop

[zimmy]

just wait till your dell laptop battery gets broken in...excessive charging = 10 minute battery life :P

[cfiler]

Wireless does use alot of energy from my experience. If you don't need to connect, turn off your wireless.

It cuts down the battery time about 40% on my work laptop.

[donniebrasco]

ive heard that the dell batteries are starting to explode, depending on what model. i dont even think your allowed to take them on planes anymore.
take it to a shop and get it checked out.

[big L 17]

run the battery down a couple of times it should work better after that.

[GUnit33]

Um, well hopefully you're system will adjust itself...Mine sucked the first two times I used it without a power cord, and now it's fine. It adjusted all the settings for me, and close down applications that are running in the background that I don't use. That's probably your biggest issue. That, or you're watching porn. that takes up serious battery.

[SpartanStrength]

Haha gunit the porn gets watch with the cord in at home lolll.. but im usually plugged in 95 percent of the time.. rarely, like last night i had to use my comp at school-- i got about 2.5 hours maybe it will self adjust and get better time... I also was listening to itunes if that matters much??

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

Get a macbook pro.

battery life runs on love.

and trust me, you'll love it.

[SpartanStrength]

eh i just recently got the dell, and im a windows person--dont know much about Macs