11" with 7-8 hours of battery

[Razor2]

Is there any 11,6" notebook on the market, which can offer 7-8 hours of realistic battery?

[aznguyen316]

My M11x r1 did.

[RefinedPower]

if you can go up an inch the Lenovo X220/X230 last a good bit longer then 8 hours on battery.

[User Retired 2]

You'd want at least a 60Whr battery + SB/IVB to achieve that. So consider a 11.6" Asus U24E, 12.5" Dell E6220/E6230, 12.5" Lenovo X220/X230, 12.5" HP 2560P, 13" HP Folio 13 Ultrabook. The X220/X230/2560P all have a 9-cell battery option so can definitely hit your battery life target.

If wanting a cheap runaround that gets 7-8hrs+ battery life then consider an ebay 12" HP 2530P + 93Whr 9-cell.

[Vogelbung]

A 6-cell X230 will likely be at the lower end of that scale. A 9-cell will work though and you'll be able to use it more freely in terms of not having to limit yourself to aggressive power saving - but the all-up weight will be around ~1.7Kg (~3.7lbs).

You could buy both a 9 and 6-cell to give you options.

One other option isn't an 11", but the Sony Z2. Ready-to-go comes in at less than the weight of the X230 without any battery installed. It's a 13" with power and high-res screen. Once again, it will be at the lower end of your required runtime - and in both the 6-cell X230 and Z2's case that will be with aggressive power saving - but you can add a sheet battery at the bottom to double the runtime (i.e. ~14 hours with aggressive power saving), which takes it to about the same weight as the Lenovo with just a 9-cell.