Looking fot a laptop with the best battery life

[samba_0891]

Hi i'm looking for a laptop to be used on trips including long plane flights, mostly for watching movies and web browsing, also some light to medium gaming would be nice, as would windows 7 home

Basically battery life is the most important, i dont mind having a medium spec for the rest

1. What is your budget?

£600/$1000

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

14.1

3. What screen resolution do you want?

1280 800

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

portable

5. How much battery life do you need?

at least 7hrs

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?

fallout 3 on lowest setting maybe, or am i asking too much?

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

movies, web browsing

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

320/500

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

I really dont know where to buy it from, somewhere which i can easily return it for warrantyrepair etc if needed

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

for a while, i still use my dell inspiron occasinally and thats 8 years old or more

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

dvd rom

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

not sure, please recommend

13. What country do you live in?

UK

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

preferably not a glossy screen,


Thanks!

 

[samba_0891]

Hi my research from a while back found the ASUS UL80Vt-A1

http/www.amazon.com/UL80Vt-A1-14-Inch-Light-Laptop-Battery/dp/B002Q8HK7K

claims 11.5hrs battery life and the rest of the spc looks good, but is 2.5 years old

anyone know of anything more updated?

 

[Irontheater]

Lenovo X220: Costs: Starting price 979$
Lasts 7.15 hours on small battery, 14.5 hours running a Video on large battery, probably the best battery life i've seen
http/www.pcworld.com/article/223366/lenovo_thinkpad_x220_a_bestofbreed_ultraportable.html

 

[samba_0891]

Thanks for the reply Irontheater,

that one looks great but in the uk i can only find it for double the price!