Thread: How long will Dell Inspiron 15's batteries last??

Hi All,

After doing lot of research on buying a laptop. i cornered down on buying Dell Inspiron 15; but lately i came across few reviews which said the batteries are pathetic. Can anybody who has bought Dell Inspiron 15 laptop lately, tell me, what is the battery life of the Dell's standard 6cell primary battery? How long will it last if you use application's like Adobe Dream Weaver? Any kind of comments would be of great help. Thanks in advance.


-Rakshith

Guys need some help here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dell Inspiron 15 have 6 cell single battery...It will last for 2:30 to 3:30 hours.. Because that's the life of standard battery untill you use "Battery Extender"

Originally Posted by gothic_coder

Dell Inspiron 15 have 6 cell single battery...It will last for 2:30 to 3:30 hours.. Because that's the life of standard battery untill you use "Battery Extender"

thanks for the response gothic_coder.. please clarify the following

2:30 hours even if i run movies????...... what if i am running some web applications like dreamweaver?? how long will the battery last then?? will it last longer?

It all depend on kind of software you use... If you left you laptop idle i'm sure it will give you battery backup of 4-5 hours, but if you surf internet, use web application like dreamweaver or use some image editing software it will reduce to 2-3 hours or may be less depend on how much resource your application grasp (Hope i'm clear).. I'm sure you can watch one standard movie when you fully charged your laptop...

I use HP TX1301AU tablet, whenever i watch movie it gives me 2 hour backup and i tried to measure how much it gives when left idle, result come to 3 and half hour..

In tot your lappy will give you 2-3 hours of backup if you do essential stuff...


P.S
I'm considering your battery fresh/Not faulty while guessing time...

Exactly correct what Gothic told..

it all depends on what you do, watching movies with loud sound etc will surely reduce the back up...

as i have heard it has a decent back up time of 1 hr (usage)

If battery backup is ur concern... Go for Dell XPS M1330 series... smaller the screen better the energy consumption... I've watched 2 hollywood movies back-to-back on this laptop(6 months old) without AC plugged in... roughly 3 hrs 15 min. of total time...

If you will work on dreamweaver in battery mode profile, it will run for anywhere in between 4 to 4.5 hrs!

P.S.- Make sure that the laptop you buy is loaded with 9 cell battery...

If Dell XPS M1330, make sure it's 9 cell battery...

P.S
I guess Dell Inspiron 15 comes with 6 cell only..Correct me if i'm wrong

Yes, inspirion comes only with 6 cell battery!

@ALL
Thanks a ton for your responses, i really appreciate it. Your responses helped me in a great deal.

@itsmemad
i would love to go for the XPS series, but i am little bit tight on budget. Dell inspiron is the only one that comes in my budget.


i had even plans to buy VAIO CS - VGN-CS22GH/B but it's battery life seems to be really bad. So i made up my mind to buy Dell. Well, as you guys mentioned, if it gives around 2hrs of backup while using web applications like Dreamweaver then it's good enough.

@ALL
Hope i made the right decision in deciding to buy Dell inspiron 15. My budget is around 35-40K........ any kinds of suggestion would be much appreciated.

OK.. Since you are tight on budget... I'll recommend you to take a look on one more option... Acer Aspire 4930Z. It will come within 35K. And its better than Dell inspirion 15 in performance.. As its integrated Intel's graphic card is better than Dell...

It also meets all the requirements sepecified by Intel Centrino 2. But inspirion doesn't...

Ask vendor if you can load 9 cell battery in it or not? If that happens... It will be excellent!

Read its review.

Originally Posted by itsmemad

OK.. Since you are tight on budget... I'll recommend you to take a look on one more option... Acer Aspire 4930Z. It will come within 35K. And its better than Dell inspirion 15 in performance.. As its integrated Intel's graphic card is better than Dell...

It also meets all the requirements sepecified by Intel Centrino 2. But inspirion doesn't...

Ask vendor if you can load 9 cell battery in it or not? If that happens... It will be excellent!
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but dude.. i have read bad reviews about acer, especially regarding battery........ tell me something in what way the Dell's performance is bad.. i mean i am not a gamer, i don't play games at all.... i build web sites alot..... and heavy browsing.... movies/songs as usual.... these are my usage details....... won;t that be enough for that? i am just giving you my thoughts, please correct me if i am wrong.......

I second with maddy, With this much budget i'll definately go for acer, Dell makes good lappy but again just look for after effects, No lappy is omnipotent, it gives you pain now and then and i doubt about Dell service center, not because they're not able to fix problem but how much time and pain you recieve when for small problem also they take your laptop and send it to somewhere (May be US or Chennai)... I hope you're getting my point

Originally Posted by rakshith

but dude.. i have read bad reviews about acer, especially regarding battery........ tell me something in what way the Dell's performance is bad.. i mean i am not a gamer, i don't play games at all.... i build web sites alot..... and heavy browsing.... movies/songs as usual.... these are my usage details....... won;t that be enough for that? i am just giving you my thoughts, please correct me if i am wrong.......

I agree, Acer had problems with its battery earlier... in its Travelmate series to be precise... But now thats not true... Battery backup is as good in Acer as any other brand... Moreover Centrino 2 certification of 4930z ensures that the battery backup is on par or even better than inspirion...

Anyway, its a matter of personal choice too... And since your usage are standard... Inspirion will serve you good...

@MADDY/GOTHIC_CODER

Well i was looking into acer after ur suggestions, it looks pretty good.... lookwise and performance wise...... well actually Aspire 6930 impressed me more lol..... how is Aspire 6930??? will it come under my budget????? some light on it please

Acer 6930 has 16 inch of display... Hence its bulky(3.4 KG) and consumes more power... It won't give you more than 2 hrs even in standard usage! It will come around 45 K...

Acer 4930z has standard 14.1 inch monitor...

Tell me one thing... Do you require big screen too?

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Acer 6930 has 16 inch of display... Hence its bulky(3.4 KG) and consumes more power... It won't give you more than 2 hrs even in standard usage! It will come around 45 K...

Acer 4930z has standard 14.1 inch monitor...

Tell me one thing... Do you require big screen too?

nope not at all.... 14-15 inch screen is enough for me....... i want decent RAM and HDD...... as i told, my main intention of buying a laptop is for web development.......

and i just heard from my colleague(who is into this laptop stuff) that Acer's support is bad in India is that so........ ????

Originally Posted by Rakshith

Acer's support is bad in India is that so........ ????

I doubt it..

Originally Posted by gothic_coder

I doubt it..

i am in a bit of a dilemma........ either 'this' or 'that' :-|

Every single lappy has some problem... I used Acer also, Found it real good.. Now using HP Tablet, It has it's benifits... Never used DELL but heard about service center problem...

Take your time bro.. There are so many options I'll suggest you go for Acer..

Originally Posted by rakshith

and i just heard from my colleague(who is into this laptop stuff) that Acer's support is bad in India is that so........ ????

Thats wrong... I would say Acer's support is among best in India... My adapter went off recently due to thunderstorm lightning in Bangalore... I took it to service centre... And they gave me a new adaptor same day!

Even if you are living in remote area of India... They won't take much time!

@gothic_coder/maddy

Thanks a ton guys.... will think over properly and decide as to which one to buy..... you both have been of great help...... thanks

You're welcome

Well with my Inspiron 1420 i normally get 3hrs for the movie. plz note that while watching movies i normally disable useless services. I also exit the Antivirus. though these things matter only for 15 mins more backup, in my experience.

I really dont know where u read the battery reviews for the Dell, but Dell working fine with me. There is no problem so far. Offcourse i use battery mode once a week harldy to discharge.

If Inspiron 1420 is giving 3 hrs backup, then the Inspiron 15 with 6 cell battery should also give equal backup.