Well sadly I did a bit of looking seems quite a few 17' inch laptops only have 6 cell batteries. Even high power ones. I wonder if its a ivy bridge thing?
So I'll be getting a dell 17se just what one do I get?
$1170
Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor (6MB cache, up to 3.3 GHz)
Inspiron 17R Turbo (7720) BTX Base
17.3" FHD WLED Anti-Glare (1920x1080)
6GB 2 DIMM (1 x 2GB + 1 x 4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz
1.0TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
12.7" SATA Tray Load DVD+/-RW
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GDDR5 2GB (for 45W CPU)
6-cell Lithium Ion (48WHr) Battery
Dell™ Backlight Chiclet Keyboard
$1270 (only change from the top one is a blu ray reader combo drive)
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor (6MB cache, up to 3.3 GHz)
Inspiron 17R Turbo (7720) BTX Base
17.3" FHD WLED Anti-Glare (1920x1080)
6GB 2 DIMM (1 x 2GB + 1 x 4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz
1.0TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
1Year Dell Online Backup2GB
12.7" Tray Load Blu-ray (BD) Combo Drive (BD Read Only)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GDDR5 2GB (for 45W CPU)
6-cell Lithium Ion (48WHr) Battery
Dell™ Backlight Chiclet Keyboard
$1382
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor (6MB cache, up to 3.3 GHz)
Inspiron 17R Turbo (7720) BTX Base
17.3" 3D Capable FHD WLED True-Life (1920x1080)
8GB 2 DIMM (4GB x 2) DDR3 1600Mhz
2 x 1.0TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
1Year Dell Online Backup2GB
12.7" Tray Load Blu-ray (BD-RE) (BD-Read/Write)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GDDR5 2GB (3D)
6-cell Lithium Ion (48WHr) Battery
Dell™ Backlight Chiclet Keyboard
mSATA SSD - 32GB
3D Glasses
I just found dell Australia's facebook page that you can ask questions on. Other ones where just for coupons and offers. Lets see if they know anything about batteries and that
Edit: Well I don't think the guy knows. I posted if there is bigger batteries on the way also the option to buy standalone batteries. I listed the model number name etc.
Reply was
Hey,
I thought we'd discontinued the 17r series so I'll double check with the marketing department on that one and if we will have 9 cell battery option on those. I know we have 9 cells on most systems so will check.
Cheers
I did check seems the 17r he referred to is gone But I asked about the one that is listed as a new model.
Hope I get a reply tomorrow