Apple’s new MacBook Pro line-up might be grabbing all the headlines with its new Thunderbolt port, but the claimed battery life pales into insignificance when compared to that offered by HP. When running on the company’s new Ultra-Capacity Notebook battery, the HP EliteBook 8460p is said to be capable of running for up to 32 hours between charges. It’s one of a number of business notebook releases announced by HP, so let’s take a closer look…
The HP EliteBook 8460p is available in 3-, 6- or 9-cell battery options, but is also compatible with new HP Extended Life Notebook Battery and HP Ultra-Capacity Notebook Battery. It’s with the latter installed that HP claims an industry-leading battery life of a quite extraordinary 32 hours.
This is big.
I can’t wait for methanol fuel cells for laptops. A couple of years ago, the FAA allowed them on planes even though they are not sold in the US.
Kind of not believing them on 32hrs. By specifications “9 cell 100WHR ultra-extended life battery” . 100Whr/32hr=3.125W energy usage. Even processor alone will take more, not to mention the screen. Likely 32 hrs in hibernation mode.
I agree with dusanmal, those numbers don’t seem to match the specs I can find. Still, battery life is important. I can’t believe the craptops I still see that get 3+ hours. Ridiculous. Until a laptop gets worst-case 12 hours this will always be an issue.
Full on 15 hour battery life is all I need. After that, I can plug it into the wall to charge while I sleep!
I’ve been very happy with an Acer netbook plugged to external keyboard and monitor when I’m at home.
On the go, 6-cell battery would give me about 4h30 to 5h with Wifi on. Extended 9-cell battery now gives me 7h30 to 8h with Wifi on.
I am not happy with the 16:9 screen, but it’s acceptable. The keyboard is pretty good, just not ideal. The whole kit is small and light, a joy to carry. A slightly taller (3:2 or 4:3) screen would be perfect. I run everything I want on it with full-fledged Ubuntu. Netbooks rule.
Yeah but how much does the damn thing weigh? I don’t want to lug around a car battery to gain 30+ hours of runtime….
Could they at least make it look different? It is not tough to see where they got the design.
Somebody that keeps their lap top plugged in and is using it as a desktop replacement may not care but if they even come close real road warriors are going to want these batteries badly.
Exactly what I need! Finally, battery power that amounts to something. Move over Apple, I am switching back – despite the horrendous MS OS.
My question is, has HP solved their laptop overheating issues yet?
My god! Go take a look at the picture! You couldn’t have that in your carryon. And, if you did manage to get it on board, what seat back tray could hold it? This is ridiculous. I’m a guy who could benefit from 32 hour battery life since I sometimes work for a few days without electricity. But this would be no better than the car batteries I use now!
#6 – the weight with the smallest battery – not the extended life deal – is 4.56 lbs.
So what ever happened to those supercapaciters that were coming out a 2-3 years ago? Remember there was some breakthrough about that time?
That is cool. Longer battery life and white spectrum would give us untethered computing and connectivity.
Of course, the majority of us would still be surfing bigbeautifulfeet.com. But that’s another story.
Hewlett Packard. Are they still in business?
Bill and David HP, definitely. Pre-Carley HP, maybe. Post-Carley HP, no way. They don’t make anything but crap any more.
The elite book series has actually gotten better and better. Ive had experience with the last several generations, each more reliable and durable than the last.
4 years ago I’d have laughed at HP computers. I thought spinning off Agilent was a huge mistake. But they are making some pretty nice PCs these days.
Although I’m skeptical of 32 hours “between charges”, if there has been an advancement in battery technology, that to me is a good thing.
Battery technology is a key component to getting practical electric cars.
Yeah right and I love you, the check is in the mail and I wont cum in your mouth.
So you just use a bigger battery to get more battery life. In this case, one that would work as a stand or perhaps a desk as well.
You could even put a separate port that lets you feed power back into the grid.
And it f’ing prints money!
I don’t care, I want the MacBook. Do you have the white one….hello, hello….f it, my sister says they have them at Walgreens.
@ no 18.
“Battery technology is a key component to getting practical electric cars.”
not really as the electricity STILL HAS TO BE GENERATED!
zero point/ether or magnetic technologies and the prevention of suppression of new tech is the key to getting better electric cars. not likely when oil and banking cartels run the world. the “green car” is a misnomer when it still relies on fuel to be burnt to charge the battery (oh and the ridiculous weight of those batteries)
A truly green car would run on water or air or ether, be made of hemp, and eject the driver if he/she listens to “sheeple” radio stations.
I have that “extended battery in a dv7-4183 cl notebook claimed 7.5 hours: actual 3.5 hours. You may or may not get one half of HP battery life claims.