Sony :: VAIO Z I7 620M And Battery Life

Mar 6, 2010

I ordered a VAIO Z series with i7 620M chip thinking that it was a Quad core Intel chip. I discovered this morning that is a Dual Core chip. At first I was bummed and was thinking of calling SonyStyle this morning to see if I could change my order altogether.

After researching a bit more....this chip apparently has performance close to quad core chips, (and in some tests it is faster), with much less drain on the battery life.

As I placed my order I asked about the battery life with the large capacity battery option. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the life expectancy with this configuration is approximately 8 hours! So, I have ordered the laptop of my dreams...a high end performer with great battery life.

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Sony :: Vaio Z Battery Life In XP

Dec 28, 2009

First time poster, long time viewer.

I was just wondering if anyone experienced a battery increase after down-grading their Vaio Z from Vista/Win7 to XP? If so, by how much?

I'm currently holding a Z710dd (canadian vaio) with a standard battery with windows 7 installed. I previously had a netbook that lost a good hour and half from Windows XP to Windows 7. Even after disabling a lot of the windows aero mumbo-jumbo and themes

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Sony :: Vaio Battery Life

Apr 19, 2009

I recently purchased a Vaio VGN-SR390 with the "9 hour" battery. I understand you never get that. But what I think is odd, is that no matter what settings I change, including WiFi on/off, it *always* says 3:55 to 4:00remaining with 100% charge. (I haven't actually timed it on the clock, though.)

Questions:

1) Is this what other SR owners are getting? about 4 hours...no matter what

2) How do I make sure bluetooth is off (haven't been able to figure that one out)

3) Should I see the battery life increase with reduced display brightness, Wifi off, etc?

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Sony :: Vaio TZ SSD+HD Battery Life- Also, Windows 7

Mar 7, 2009

I just ordered a Vaio TZ2500 Premium with the dual drives. It's intended to replace a MacBook Air. While I like the Air a lot, I just can't get used to its big footprint and short battery life. My school's library is pretty old and wasn't really built to accommodate lots of laptops, and often it gets really difficult to find an outlet. I was wondering, what kind of battery life should I expect from the TZ SSD+HD with standard battery?

My usage is very light. Most of the time I'm just looking at PDF's, maybe running some light stuff in Matlab, and Office and Excel 2003.

My other question is, has anyone tried Windows 7, and if so, do all the drivers work correctly?

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Sony :: New Vaio Z Real-world Battery Life

Mar 25, 2010

tell me the real world battery life of the Sony Vaio Z such as performance vs stamina mode for the Core i7? or continuous internet surfing or continuous movie watching

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Sony :: Vaio Z Series Manufacturer's Battery Life Claims Mystery

Jul 23, 2009

I've had eye on Z Series for couple days, but there exists a mystery I couldn't figure it out.

I've searched this forum and the net, still no answers.

On the sony's official USA website (www.sony.com)

Sony claims VGN-Z790 CTO has upto 7.5 hours of standard battery life.

However, other preconfigured Z Series laptop such as VGN-Z790DND, VGN-Z798Y/X, VGN-790DLX, VGN-790DKX, VGN-Z790DMR, and/or VGN-720D/B has upto 6 hours of standard battery life. It's mystery I was unable to figure out.

what's difference between Z790 and Z720? (I mean fundamental differences like circuitry design or expansion limitations such as maximum ram support and so. Couldn't figure this out... probably one of those model number decryption wizard would know it.)

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Sony :: SR Series With Ati Graphics Battery Life

Jul 23, 2009

how long does the battery last on this laptop with the discreet graphics?

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Sony :: Which Processor Is Better For The Battery Life On Z Series

Aug 27, 2009

i saw that there are 3 available processors on sony z series.

1 - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53GHz)
2 - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8800 (2.66GHz)
3 - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P9700 (2.80GHz)

the 3 processors will give me enough power, but i travel a lot, and i care a lot about the batter life, so which one is better for the battery life on z series?

hardware configuration to get the longest possible battery life?

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Sony :: Z21MN/B: Battery Life Credible

Jun 16, 2009

I'm looking for a new notebook at the moment, and it might well be the Z21MN/B. The trouble is that I am pretty suspicious about the battery life specifications. I just want to make sure that the 6 hours battery life in stamina mode are not some developer's wet dreams but a fact.

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Sony :: P8400 Vs T5800 Battery Life

Jan 21, 2009

I am trying to decide if the P8400 is worth the money in terms of battery life. The P8400 uses 25w as opposed to the T5800 that uses 35w. So a 10w difference. But as far as voltage range, the P goes up to 1.250v

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I am looking to buy an SR. But anybody who has any data or experience in comparing the two please chip in.

I will also use RMclock and want to be able to under-volt the CPU. which on the two is more compatible with rmclock?

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Sony :: Upgraded Vgn-sz110 To Windows 7 = Get 20-30 Min Of Battery Life

Dec 6, 2009

I have a 4 year old vaio vgn-sz110b with windows xp home.

My battery wear indicator according to mobilemeter is 11% wear.

With windows xp I get 2:30 -3 hours of battery life.

I decided to bite the bullet and finnaly get windows 7 pro.

I created a seperate partition for windows 7 so I can dual boot windows xp/7.

After installing a fresh copy of windows 7 and most of the essential sony programs I decided to test out the battery performance and silly me, I really thought windows 7 would improve the battery performance but the results were absolutely disgusting.

With my fully charged laptop, I unplugged it and watched a movie to see how fast the battery would drain. Normally on my XP OS I would get 2:30 hours of watchtime. When the movie started I looked at the clock and it said 1:20 pm and I took a mental note of that. Shortly after the film the battery baloon popped up saying that the battery had reached critical level. I looked at the time and it said 1:40, I laughed thinking it ws just a mistake. Then in less than 3 minutes my laptop went into sleep mode!.............

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Sony :: VGN-SR190 Battery Life Shorter Under Windows 7

Nov 11, 2009

I used to get 4-5 hours under Windows Vista. Now using Windows 7 Ultimate Edition and I'm lucky if I get 2-3 hours. The Sony site has no Windows 7 drivers for the SR190.

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Sony :: FW GPU Clocks And Battery Life (512mb 4650)

Dec 5, 2009

let me know what the:

core clock: 450
memory clock: 600
memory type: GDDR3
(use GPU-z)

6 cell battery life:
extended battery life:

on the Sony FW with the 4650 mobility (512mb) is?

I'm looking at the VGN-FW510F/B model.

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Sony :: FW490 T Processor 4650 4hrs Battery Life

Aug 8, 2009

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The page says that it gets 4 hours on battery life is that true?

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Sony :: General Quality And Battery Life SR290 And Z540

Jan 19, 2009

I am considering the two following models: SR290 and Z540. My question relates to the overall build quality of these models as well as battery life with the extended battery.

Basically Im deciding between these 2 and a lenovo. The lenovo is heavier than both, is well made, and has ridiculous battery life. Just curious as to how the sony's stand up over time.

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Sony :: Z890Max Battery Life For Word Processing On Transatlantic Flights

Apr 28, 2010

I did a search and read various thread on the older Sony Vaio Z battery life. However, these are all in the year 2008 and pre Windows 7.

Vaio Z battery life tests

Vaio Z reviewers getting 9hr battery life!

I do a fair bit of transatlantic flights. So I'd like to know what battery life I can get with the Sony Z890, Windows 7, with all processes such as WIFI, Bluetooth etc turned off and being used in word processing and reading mode using the integrated graphics, with brightness at 50%. SLOW is fine as word processing is easy.

Anyone has a sense of the battery life I should get?

What if I turn on WIFI and use it as a netbook for surfing at airports?

I can't seem to find a recent discussion on battery life. The 2008 threads has a huge disparity with some people claiming something like 9 hours doing basic stuff! Hard to believe but thought I'd check with you guys.

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Sony :: Vaio FW Battery

Sep 3, 2009

So I bought a Sony Vaio FW-340DW for school which is the lower end with the X-Brite Eco screen. However, I have noticed something about the battery.

When I'm on the Vaio Optimized battery plan, I get 2.5 hours of battery life. But, When I switch the battery plan to Maximum Battery I still get 2.5 hours

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Sony :: Vaio CR Battery

Sep 6, 2009

I have a Vaio CR-190 and am having battery problems. Over the past couple months, my battery would show a full charge when plugged in, but when I would unplug the computer the battery would literally drop from 100% to 80% and began dropping futher. A few weeks ago, the battery would drop from 100% to 50% or so when unplugged and the battery would quickly drain. Recently, however the battery holds no charge at all and the computer will only run through the a/c. My battery management utility shows an X through the battery and says there is no battery detected even though the battery is properly installed. Everything else on the computer is running fine. I'm just looking for some advice on what's the best steps to take next. I've read that Sony has had some problems with batteries suddenly dieing and wondering if that's what it sounds like. The battery is from Sony and is the extended life larger one if that matters.

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Sony :: Vaio Battery

Apr 18, 2010

i have a Sony Vaio laptop that seems to have a good battery but after i use it on battery for 2-3 minutes it stops .

What is very strange is that in those 2-3 minutes the battery shown as available is draining like 3-4% per minute and the laptops stops and doesn't want to start on battery although it shows over 80% still left .

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Sony :: Battery For Vaio

Apr 29, 2009

Why does my laptop shut down every time I unplug it from the wall, even though it shows my battery is at 100% charged

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Dell :: Battery Life On XPS 16

Feb 9, 2010

I am looking for real world feedback for the 6 cell battery on the XPS 16. This would be mainly word processing and Internet surfing, with the screen at about 1/2 brightness

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Oct 6, 2008

check this out. 6 cell.

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Apple :: W7 In A MBP - Battery Life

Jan 24, 2010

Please specify which MBP you have and whether you use Boot Camp, Parallels, or Fusion.

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Apple :: New To OS X - Battery Life

Jun 6, 2009

I'm new to OS X, got my MacBook the other day, and I can hands down say it's my favorite OS I've dealt with. It's so much simpler and just plain awesome. Okay, I'll ask my question before I get carried away...

So, I did some searching on Google after I noticed that my battery likes to hang around 99%. Apparently this is common. My question is, is this a BAD thing? When I see 99% I'm picturing that the computer is constantly pushing power into the battery so it can reach 100%. I mean, isn't that how fires start?

Simply put, is my MacBook trying to charge the battery consistently when it is not at 100%?

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Apple :: Anybody Else Being OCD About Their Battery Life

Sep 24, 2009

every time I'm running my uMBP from battery, I'm constantly checking the amount of time I have left and trying to figure ways to increase that time. Yes, CONSTANTLY. Whenever I can, I'm using the a/c adapter.

Even though I may see 6-7 hours left, I'm still not satisfied.

And just about every time I am running the battery, I'll open up Coconut Battery to make sure I still have a 100% charge hold left....even though my umbp is 7 weeks old with only 4 cycles...

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Sony :: Vaio TZ350 N Battery

May 21, 2009

Being a long term TX user, I eventually made the switch to the TZ, didn't need blue ray and didn't much care for the chrome sidings on the TT.

It's a lovely little laptop, but I have noticed a few things - mainly the battery is nowhere near Sony's claim of 7 hours.

My TX would give me a good useable 4.5-5 hours, this one barely struggles past 3 hours, even with the power management on battery life, screen useably dimmed and the CD/DVD off

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Sony :: Vaio SR Battery On Windows 7 RC

May 8, 2009

I decided to upgrade to windows 7 rc. Everything works including brightness and volume controls, which people were having trouble getting to work. I am experiencing extreme battery drain or usage? I charge it, but battery starts to fall rapidly. I wanted to know if anyone has any fixes for this or what others have been experiencing on windows 7

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Sony :: Vaio TT Battery Manager

Jan 7, 2009

I'm loving the TT now but have only had one problem which I don't understand. I have the TT11VN/X but basically I have my battery manager setting as follows... quick charge off and enable battery care function to 50% and other little settings are changed but this has happend to me three times where Ive turned my laptop on and it's charged to 100% and the battery settings are back to the way they used to be where batter care is not on and quick charge is on...

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Sony :: Vaio Z And Win 7 Battery Burn

Jan 25, 2010

I have a Vaio Z520 that come originally with Win Vista.

Recently, I installed in Win 7 on it and everything work great except keyboard short cut to adjust screen brightness and volume control, and battery burn really quick compare to Vista.

I only can make 2 hours out of the battery before it come to fully exhausted.

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Sony :: Vaio FZ21M- Battery

Jan 9, 2010

I have a Sony Vaio FZ21M and I'm facing some weird things with my battery laptop. I have the AC adapter plug-in and it says charging but my battery still drain. For example now I have open my laptop at 89 % and after 20 min goes down at 71 %. I have WIN 7 installed over 2 months but this problem appear about 4-5 days ago, so I think isnt from my OS or it may it be?

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