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I had access to a dm3 for a day and used it for word processing and other text based work for two hours. I had Wifi turned off and the touchpad was off too. I used a USB notebook mouse. The screen was set on the default setting. No audio. The battery was at 50 percent after two hours. On my dv2, I would be around 20 percent and and worse if there had been any audio or internet use.
After this work, I turned on wifi, went online and played several YouTube videos and then listened to as many MP3s on the HP MediaSmart software as I could. The rest of the battery life was cone in just over an hour.
I am 100 percent in agreement that we need an industry standard on battery life. I don't care if manufacturers claim their battery life number based on the type of use I just mentioned or not; but we should know what it means. My gosh, if you look at the box a computer comes in, there are so many disclaimers on the specs that are the result of a government rule or a court case, it certainly couldn't hurt to include one more that said 6 hours of battery life means: x, y, and z.
As for your thoughts on the trackpad. Because I nearly always use a mouse, I was more concerned about the fingerprints the trackpad gathers than its effectiveness. I would be interested to know what notebook in this ultra portable class has a touchpad that you would recommend.
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