Ultra-Thin

[danieljaqz]

Hello everyone!

Im new here, just got my acer s7 392 couple of days ago, im enjoying it so far. The keyboard makes a little buzzing sound when lit, doesnt  bother me too much, I think I can deal with that. Battery last me 6 hours doing regular task like surfing the web, watching youtube videos, checking email etc, 3 hours under extreme cpu/gpu intensive use, Is that normal so far? Also the topic of the thread, this bothers me a fair bit, It takes me around 3 hours to fully charge my laptop from about 5% to fully charge, Is that normal should it take that long? 

Thanks in advanced everyone!

[Kyler]

Nothing you mention seems excessive. I don't think 3 hours to fully charge is excessive, but I don't have an S7 to test with or compare to. Three to six hours of battery isn't terrible, depending on usage. Can someone with an S7 chime in?

[danieljaqz]

Thanks for the reply,

I guess 3 hours is not too bad, this is my first latop so i was just worried and, wanted to find out if this was normal. The acer s7 seems to have had alot of issues (from what i read on the internet) so i just want to make sure mines is running good with no issues.

[Kolholznik]

Sounds pretty normal compared to my own S7 391, except for the buzzing keyboard when illuminated.  I haven't noticed that.  The only time I ran the battery below 10%, yes, it took approximately three hours to completely recharge.  I've had mine for about a month and generally keep it plugged-in during use.

[danieljaqz]

is it typically better to just keep the laptop plugged in whenever i can? 

[Kolholznik]

Not necessarily.  I run mine on battery power all the time, particularly when traveling.  Your S7 392 is equipped with the Haswell processor that uses battery power very efficiently - definitely more than my S7 391 with the Ivy Bridge processor.  I get about 4-4.5 hours on a full charge.  I'll bet yours gets 7+ hours?