Dell Latitude E4300 Laptop Battery life is 85% More with Windows 7
Dell’s announced that its line of OptiPlex desktops, Latitude laptops and Dell Precision workstations are tested and compatible with Windows 7. In addition, the company offers drivers for many of its laptops and desktops so that volume license customers can deploy or test them in their IT environment. Dell will offer commercial laptops and desktops with Windows 7 beginning Oct. 22 and will begin to take pre orders on Oct. 18.
It’s well documented that the current economic environment has led to a very frugal approach to IT spending. However, keeping laptops and desktops in circulation for more than four years can lead to higher maintenance and energy costs and can reduce employee productivity. According to IDC, IT organizations may be incurring operating costs as much as 20.5 percent higher than necessary to acquire, manage and decommission their desktop and notebook PC equipment when comparing tightly managed three-year life cycles with less systematic, longer-span life cycle management strategies.[1]
Also, J. Gold Associates says that keeping a laptop in circulation for years four and five can cost organizations $9,600 in lost end-user productivity and the cost to fix a laptop not under warranty can reach $1,425.
To provide evidence of lost employee productivity, Dell commissioned a performance study that compares current Latitude laptops products to similar models that are three and four years old. Examples of the results include:
* The battery life of a Latitude E4300 laptop running Windows 7 lasts up to 85 percent longer than a Latitude D620, a 3-year-old system, running Windows XP.
* The Latitude E6400 running Windows 7 offers up to 63 percent better performance than a Latitude D620 running Windows XP.
* With a Dell Latitude E6400 E-family laptop you can reduce boot time by up to 29% compared to a previous generation Latitude laptop
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Laptop batteries aren’t really built for heavy use / charging like a cellphone battery is and they are lot more expensive to replace. I only use my laptop on battery power if there’s no AC supply available