Questions about the 9 cell High Capacity Battery

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Cgillies86 · #1 Post by **Cgillies86** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:54 am

1) How Far does it stick out the back of the laptop?
2) Does it look Bad?
3) Is it annoying?
4) What would you choose 6 cell or 9 cell?

akerman · #2 Post by **akerman** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:56 am

1) 2-3 cm
2) Yes, imo.
3) How do you mean.. it's very nice to have, for those occasions where you need the extra batterylife.
4) I've got both.

epigram · #3 Post by **epigram** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:25 am

1) agree. closer to 3cm, i think
2) once you open the lid to use the thinkpad, you can't see the potrusion, so you can't see how hideous it looks
3) see (2)
4) in fact, i use 6 cell + ultrabay slim most of the time. the 9 cell is only when i need the use of the dvd

Cgillies86 · #4 Post by **Cgillies86** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:29 am

Thanks for replies. I think I will buy a six cell battery now. I will use the six cell for most tasks but use the 9 cell when i need long battery life.

awolfe63 · #5 Post by **awolfe63** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:32 am

This question comes up a lot. Any chance anyone can post/link to a picture of a 9-cell on a T41/T42?

Sci-Clone · #6 Post by **Sci-Clone** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:35 am

awolfe63 wrote:This question comes up a lot. Any chance anyone can post/link to a picture of a 9-cell on a T41/T42?

http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc ... =1801&p=11

if you scroll down the page there is a picture of the thinkpad with a 6-cell batter and a thinkpad with a 9-cell battery... click to enlarge the pic

even though this doesn't show the 9-cell... this is my favorite pic:
http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showima ... ed_big.jpg

fox_napier · #7 Post by **fox_napier** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:40 am

T41p with 9 cell, top view:
http://t41p.hardware-metz.com/100_0022.JPG

T41p with 9 cell, bottom view:
http://t41p.hardware-metz.com/100_0021.JPG

T41p with 9 cell, side view:
http://www.trustedreviews.com//images/a ... 73full.jpg

Sci-Clone · #8 Post by **Sci-Clone** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:44 am

wow! that looks.... gloooorious fox_napier! thanx for that pix. Did u take them?

awolfe63 · #9 Post by **awolfe63** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:45 am

Thanks!

(It's pretty ugly - isn't it)

Chun-Yu · #10 Post by **Chun-Yu** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:32 pm

I actually kinda like the way it looks. I have both batteries, and my main "complaint" is the extra weight, but that's not really an issue, especially when you consider how much more battery life you get with the 9-cell.

G-Man · #11 Post by **G-Man** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:56 pm

fox_napier,

darn! The serial number is covered! I was about to sell it on Ebay.

Regards,
G-Man

Sci-Clone · #12 Post by **Sci-Clone** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:02 pm

G-Man wrote:darn! The serial number is covered! I was about to sell it on Ebay.

lol

The funny thing is: I checked for that too lol

jpresto · #13 Post by **jpresto** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:07 pm

Electrovaya 160 d model (i think).. This is an external battery that I keep in my bag for long plane flights. Pricey, but you may be able to find one for $200ish on ebay. Supposedly 8 hours additional run time, but I haven't had that sort of luck with my T30.

j

csarrasin · #14 Post by **csarrasin** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:48 pm

Cgillies86 wrote:I think I will buy a six cell battery now. I will use the six cell for most tasks but use the 9 cell when i need long battery life.

Hey Cgillies86, I too have ordered a KTU (from Bill). I also figured out the "issues" with the 9-cell battery. IMHO, the 9-cell is really only necessary if you are going for long trips etc. The 9-cell only provides 33% more power so the KTU with a 6-cell should still last for a little over 4 hours. Good enough for most trips in my book.

The problem with having a "spare" battery lying around that you never use is that it can degrade quite easily if you leave it idle for too long. I figured the best thing to do was to get the KTU with a 6-cell. This is the great thing about ordering with Bill, he will accomodate such wishes quite nicely

Enjoy your KTU. Let us all know when you get it

Cheers,
Christian

Bala Pitchandi · #15 Post by **Bala Pitchandi** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:53 pm

I hope they dont stick out in the new 15" T42 models? Do they?

Sci-Clone · #16 Post by **Sci-Clone** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:59 pm

of course they do!

Chun-Yu · #17 Post by **Chun-Yu** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:36 am

csarrasin wrote:The 9-cell only provides 33% more power so the KTU with a 6-cell should still last for a little over 4 hours. Good enough for most trips in my book.

Umm, that's 50% more power.

bveghte · #18 Post by **bveghte** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:54 am

I have an R50p, which comes with the 9cell.

The thing you need to remember is that the marketing claims IBM makes about its battery life have no relation to real battery life -- that is a direct quote from IBM support people I've talked to. Real battery life for a 9cell battery on the R50p is touted as 6 hours, but in fact it is about 3 hours when running just Microsoft Word and Netscape and with the screen at medium brightness. When I complained about this to IBM tech support, they told me that 3 hours was perfectly normal. So a 6 cell on the R50p should run for about 2 hours.

darrenf · #19 Post by **darrenf** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 10:11 am

FWIW, On my T41 with screen on low and using 802.11a/b/g (but not bluetooth or any PCMCIA cards) I about 6.5 hours with the 9-cell. Turning off 802.11 adds 1-1.5 hours.

-darren

cynic · #20 Post by **cynic** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:36 pm

I get near exact numbers to darrenf with a T40p

#21 Post by **JHEM** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:17 pm

As do I with my T40.

Regards,

James

Mofongo · #22 Post by **Mofongo** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 11:13 pm

With screen on low and wireless on but not bluetooth or anything else, I get almost exactly 3.5 hours on mine with the 6-cell, which is exactly what the TABOOK says and the specs page (in support section) on the IBM website claim.

Mofongo.

atlacatl · #23 Post by **atlacatl** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 11:24 pm

Sci-Clone wrote:
G-Man wrote:darn! The serial number is covered! I was about to sell it on Ebay.
lol The funny thing is: I checked for that too lol

Nice pics - BTW, not that you should do it, but I'm sure you can probably recover the SN from the barcode underneath the decimal SN - Not such thing as a perfect crime

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