Laptops with long battery life

By Craig Simms on 02 July 2009

Unless you're buying a desktop replacement, battery life is arguably the key consideration in any notebook purchase.

Being stranded up the proverbial creek without any battery power is a harsh reality of mobile computing, and can be particularly scathing if you've got an important presentation due and aren't within reach of a power socket.

With that in mind, we've compiled a list of recent laptops we've seen which have demonstrated battery life above the norm, from the tiny netbook all the way up to the desktop replacement.

Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (June 2009)

Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro makes only minor tweaks to the previous version, but cutting prices and swapping the ExpressCard slot for an SD card slot are enough to make it a solid improvement over its predecessor.

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Comments (5)

  • Dimitri commented on 07/07/2009 19:12 Report abuse

    ... although I have to ask, where's the section for Lenovo ThinkPad X200/ X200s? I can get 14 hours with mine not using wireless, or 10 hours on normal use - pretty impressive for a full-powered laptop, and I'm sure it's better than some of the options put up there...

  • star commented on 12/04/2009 03:59 Report abuse

    this is the australian site clearly the prices are in AUSD

  • rush commented on 08/04/2009 13:46 Report abuse

    what are the prices ?? and are they in Aus $ or Us $???/ confusing??/

  • pspoon53 commented on 30/12/2007 19:36 Report abuse

    is there a long life battery for the hp entertainment pc?

  • Ian Shannon commented on 10/08/2006 03:05 Report abuse

    I think laptops with long battery life should be a thing every laptop should have because it is always a pain, although the prices for these things are impossible for me to buy, the most i'll buy for a laptop will be $700 not $2500. Nice site, very helpful

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