On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 06:48:24PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mit, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Michael Flaig wrote: > [...] > Right, except that 3D acceleration works with my dri-trunk packages. :)
Hey, great :-) Thanks btw. for your great work ... !!! > > Do this components work? > > - PCMCIA Slot? (with pcmcia-cs? because of orinoco-cs monitor patch) > > Haven't tried it, but I suspect it should work with some fiddling at > least. I got it to work on my pismo so I'll try, if I buy the new one :-) > > - Modem? (heard that there is an closed source driver) > > Yes, that basically works, but it can be quite a PITA. I don't really need the modem by now so this should no problem ... > All in all, I'm not aware of any hardware component of this machine > (except the built-in microphone maybe?) that's not supported. :) I would prefer typing on the keyboard than talking to the powerbook ;-) > > How long can you work with your powerbook on battery power? > > Yes, i know, this depends on what you do with the Powerbook, right. > > But what are your experiences? > > - on normal working (vi, ssh, email, web, irc, etc.) > > About three hours. this is not really much :-( do you use your powerbook with full display brightness? ... i had expected more than 4 hrs, because I can get 4 hrs with 1 battery in my pismo which only has 45 Wh capacity and the TiBook has 61 Whrs (wasn't this 68 Wh in the first TiBooks???) So is this energy consumption a problem of the G4 processor or would you call the Radeon the main power consumer? i never read about the posibility to place a second battery in the powerbook... using 2 batteries is what I love on my pismo :-) So I wonder myself why Benjamin gets around 4 hrs and you only get 3 ... > > - and on heavy cpu using (compiling, etc.) > > Haven't really measured this, but I guess about two hours. so the 5 hrs which Apple says, could only be reached with display turned off :-( > > And how often do you hear the fan? how hot will it get? > > Compared to the TiBook III, the fan in this machine runs more often, but > it's less annoying, and the machine seems to run cooler in general. that should be ok ... [...] regards, Michael -- Michael Flaig (PROLinux) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - https://init.homeip.net *** No proprietary formats in attachments without request *** PROLinux | http://www.pro-linux.de | the german open source portal LUUG-HN | http://www.luug-hn.org | linux unix user group heilbronn