Powerbook battery life
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- CyBrainX
I have the 17" 1gHz MiniMe version. I was wireless in Bryant Park in NY this afternoon and the battery lasted not much more than and hour and a half. I was playing mp3s on iTunes most of the time. Is that a huge drain? Other than that, I was working in Flash, testing in IE and posting a few things on NT. I would figure the battery would have lasted about 3 hours. Any tips?
- ribit0
should be longer... but then my old G3 is lasting 20minutes from full charge right now...so it's off to the Applecare support line again...looks like they need to ship me yet another battery.
- pocho0
those are pretty heavy drains...it helps if you turn down your monitor as well. Don't forget to switch to "longest battery life" in your control panel too.
My original battery gets about an hour and a half now...I bought a new one and I get around three and a half hours now.
- CyBrainX0
Thanks for the tip Pocho. My computer is a month old. I hope this helps. On the bright side, I still haven't crashed yet.