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I want to purchase a laptop, will be using it mostly for general study work, word, excel, web surfing, movies etc.
I finally came down with two dell laptops, only difference with the processor, one is with i5-3337U and other one is with i7-3537U. Both of them are in my price range, now I am confused about the battery life. I read it somewhere that i7 processors consume more battery than i5 processor.
I want good battery life so my question is, should I be concerned about the additional power drain from the i7?
Shopping questions are off topic, since specifications change all the time . Best thing to do in this case is to compare specifications for the models you want. Battery life is affected by more than the CPU
– Journeyman Geek – 2013-01-24T10:23:40.740I have updated the post, I don't think it was intended to be a shopping question, I hope my edit has clarified this (if not, feel free to roll it back to an off topic shopping question :) ) – Dave – 2013-01-24T10:25:31.570
3I'm still not convinced its practically answerable. Too many variables - graphics cards, number of cells in the battery... heck with my SB system, whether sound is turned on affects the battery life significantly. – Journeyman Geek – 2013-01-24T10:37:32.490
1hmmmm. Ok, I agree, I guess you're only going to get speculation / opinion as answers. Yes, we can be sure that it will have an impact bit I don't think we can reasonably suggest how much... – Dave – 2013-01-24T10:41:45.117