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.

Editor's rating:8.2 User rating:9.5
     • Full Review • Specs • Images • Video • Where to Buy

  • Good: Price cut from previous version • New SD card slot • Keeps the same solid unibody construction and oversize trackpad
  • Bad: Loses the ExpressCard slot • Switching GPUs not as seamless as it should be
  • Specs: 500 GB • 4GB • Intel Core 2 Duo • 7 hours • See more specifications
  • RRP: AU$3,699.00

Topics: laptop, notebook, battery, life, battery life, replacement, we've, creek, stranded, mobile computing

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Comments (12)

  • pons commented on 08/10/2009 02:50 Report abuse

    The specs are there. Try clicking on the link that says 'specs'. All will be revealed

  • Standardisation commented on 30/09/2009 13:49 Report abuse

    I agree. To make informed choices one must be presented with the basics - features/technical specs in a standardised format, like a table.
    One can only assume a hidden agenda, such as sponsors, making money etc, otherwise it's just incompetence

  • chris commented on 28/08/2009 11:30 Report abuse

    netbooks? why would you post any netbooks if regular FULL POWERED laptops such as the Lenovo X200 and X200s and the Dell latitude E6400 (both roughly 7-8 hours battery life - with actual normal use, over 10 with limited). and much more cheaper and can be configured more powerful then the macbooks and def more power than every other laptop on there

  • jodii88 commented on 14/08/2009 09:51 Report abuse

    i am so sick & tired of sites that always quote in usdollars and also the prices for all things u.s. such as anti virus etc are still as expensive as when the aus dollar was at 56cents to the u.s.dollar like hello we now sit around 75 - 85cents to u.s.dollar.So why do prices not reflect this change with many items across the board not just electronics either - irritated jodii88

  • AlP commented on 11/08/2009 06:57 Report abuse

    "timmitay commented on 05/08/2009 02:51 Report abuse

    give me numbers.. why are there no average life expectancies to each shown laptop?"

    EXACTLY RIGHT.

    WITHOUT THAT INFO, THIS SITE IS USELESS.

  • timmitay commented on 05/08/2009 02:51 Report abuse

    give me numbers.. why are there no average life expectancies to each shown laptop?

  • hp p commented on 21/07/2009 22:54 Report abuse

    i have hp pavilion dv6 1143tx and i get great battery life

  • 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??/

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