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  1. 04-02-2005, 12:27 PM #1
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    Laptop Battery Benchmark?

    At work we are looking at buying a load of new laptops, but battery life is probably the most important factor when choosing them! I have been given one on loan to play with this weekend. It is claimed it can last 9 hours!

    Well anyways, as I really don't have 9 hours to spare this weekend to sit in front of a computer to make sure they're telling the truth, is there any free software I can use to test the battery life? I know of MobileMark 2002, but I need something now, and free...

    Any ideas?

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  2. 04-02-2005, 06:26 PM #2
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    leave it running something like 3dmark05 on loop over night?

    See if its still on after 7,8 and then 9 hours?
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  3. 04-02-2005, 06:53 PM #3
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    UT2004 is a CPU beater, leave that running on it, (doesn't matter about frame rate since we want to test battery life) or que 2 dvd encoding sessions with Dr. DivX.. it knocks at cpu, memory, and hard drive.
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  4. 05-02-2005, 12:48 AM #4
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    Cheers for the suggestions! I will try them!

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