Excellent. I just justified getting a 320MHz upgrade. Basically I get an hour and a half comfortably out of my battery. My classes are 1:45, so I get down to like "0:03 remaining", which freaks me out just a bit. I'd like a second battery as well, but they're more expensive than the VImages! Aqua
On Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 11:46 PM, chuck goolsbee wrote: >> Another thing I've been wondering. Does battery life decrease once a >> G3 upgrade is put in? Its a higher clock speed and all, so I would >> expect there to be more drain, but the G3 is more efficient, yeah? > > The Newer 240MHz G3 Upgrades seem to decrease batery life a very small > amount. > The Interware/Vimage 320MHz G3 upgrades seem to increase battery life > quite a bit. > > The latter uses a 'copper process' G# CPU, which consumes much less > power, produces much less heat, and therefore helps the battery life. > > > My 2400c seems to go about 2 hours on one of my batteries, and about > 2.5 on the other. If I boot from my SmartMedia card reader, I can get > much much more. I have never tried to see how far I can go, but I did > manage to fly cross-country (in a 737, ugh) listening to SoundJam the > entire flight (Seattle to Newark) on both batteries with probably 50% > left over on battery # 2. Granted, I was booted from a memory card, but > SoundJam was spinning the internal HD quite a bit to play the songs. > Someday I'll do a test and see how far I can go and post it here. > > I will say that my batteries are finally starting to 'lose it' as at > one time I was getting between 3 and 5 hours out of both. I know this > because I used to fly between Seattle (or Vancouver) & London, and > easily worked/MP3'ed the entire flight on both batteries. I think now > I'd be lucky to fly from Seattle to LA on one battery. =( > > --chuck > > _______________________________________________ > I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. > > > ---------- > Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! > A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. > FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> > Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <DuoList- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Need help from a real person? Try. <DuoList- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---------- > Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! > MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> > > RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 > Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at > <http://roadtools.com> > > Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts > for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only > $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! > <http://www.macresq.com> > > ================ Wanted to Swap For: 256MB 2-2-2 PC100 SDRAM DIMM PowerBook 2400 Batteries Duo/PowerBook 2400 AC Adapters USB hub ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
