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Atheist Icon
July 7th, 2006, 08:27 PM
I just got a free Dell Latitude c510, with a boatload of software.

Anywho, the battery lasts a fraction of what it should. I am looking for a battery for this thing and found a couple that would work.

So here is the question:

4460mAh > 3800mAh = longer battery life?


Thanks,

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infoseeker
July 8th, 2006, 02:01 AM
what brands of battery?

zaphodiv
July 8th, 2006, 02:18 AM
>4460mAh > 3800mAh = longer battery life?

Yes, at least in theory. In practise if one battery is new stock and the other has been in a warehouse for four years...

rainbowdemon
July 8th, 2006, 02:30 AM
Before you buy a new battery, try running the old one all the way down. ALL the way.



http://www.zbattery.com/memoryeffect.html

infoseeker
July 8th, 2006, 02:32 AM
>4460mAh > 3800mAh = longer battery life?
Yes, at least in theory. In practise if one battery is new stock and the other has been in a warehouse for four years...
even tho they are both brand new, it also matters who made it

Auggie2k
July 8th, 2006, 03:55 AM
And it has to be conditioned to get full effect IE. Let it die completely, charge it full, let it die again, charge it full, let it die again and then it should be at max performance.