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MWEB
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Very nice that Toshiba, good choice, that batt life seems about right for that model IMO, I get 8 hours on my Dell no problem, with it's small screen and monster 9 cell extended battery  .
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>500
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any one know if its possible to updgrade toshiba batteries. im looking to upgrade my battery to a 9 cell? its currently a 6 as standard.
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Miss UK
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Blimmey my mate was right then they don't last long 
how long does the manual say it's ment to last for?
you should bought a dell-boy 
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>500
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yeah i saw an advertisement when i got home with the new Dell coloured laptops. ah well.
manual doesnt even tell me how long it should last for, the manual is useless it barely tells you anything about the features on the comp or how to use them
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Miss UK
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I don't know what to say would you want to take it back ?
I mean my mates got a Dell Inspiron 1500 I think it is and it lasts for 3 hours on the battery 
Seems the Toshiba manual is useless maybe they want you to look on there website haha!
Toshiba make good televisions though
not slagging them off but there batterys on there laptops are useless 
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Cycovision
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Toshiba used to state their battery life assuming that you turn the screen brightness right down and use full power saving functions all of the time  Don't know if they still do  Also, Vista generally drains your battery more than XP because it takes up more memory space and processor usage even when it's just sitting there doing nothing, although of course all laptops and batteries are different
I've not heard of nine-cell batts for toshies yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're out there somewhere
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>500
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surely if i go back there, and ask for an exchange and get another laptop. A refund wont happen im assuming. They wil prob offer to send it back for repair/new battery though instead or exchanging.
i hope there is a return policy, like a 1 week return thing or something. i only got it sunday
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Miss UK
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you should be able to return it after 14days if your satisfied with it
you could say your relative bought you one without u knowing
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jcwhite_uk
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If it was bought from a shop then they have no obligation to take it back if it is working as it was designed. Most places will accept returns but only if the item is unused and the box unopened.
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>500
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@jc
the box has been opened of course and ive used the acessories, well the charger any way. battery is only lasting me bout 1-1.5hrs. The worker told me 2hrs minimum it would last.
surely they would give an exchange as its only a few days old. id get another laptop or put $$$ towards another one.
which laptops have good battery life? asus, acer, hp, compaq? any recommendations?
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jcwhite_uk
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We use HP at work and the batteries are pretty good.
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Dogmann
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@>500
If you want your battery to last longer the first thing you need to do is turn the windows sidebar and widgets off. Also are you running this laptop on WiFi as that whilst on battery power as that will also use lots of power, same goes if you leave Bluetooth running. What the salesman or even Toshiba quote is average battery life and doesn't take into account using any of these power hungry extras. You may consider this usual use but i am pretty sure the manufacturer in quoting times doesn't. even if you find a laptop that quotes longer times if you start using all of the above i doubt you will find they live up to your expectations.
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Miss UK
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take it back then decide which one to buy!
Dell are pretty good for the money
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jcwhite_uk
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I have dealt with Dell's at work and found that they are not that reliable. They also load a hell of a lot of their own software onto their machines that just slows thing down. Their support is quite poor too.
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