Do the newer Power Books really use so little power and have such excellent
power management that they can get up to 6 hours on a single battery, or is it
the batteries themselves (or even some combination of the two would work for
this question)?
I ask because I have trouble believing these new zippy G3 PowerBooks with
built in CD-ROMS and 14" LCD screens actually use less power than my 100 MHz
603e Duo, much less a 680LC40 or 030 model. So that brings me around to: so it
must be the new battery technology? If so, why couldn't someone package this
dazzling technology into older powerbook battery cases? I would think there
would be a huge market for it, especially now as original batteries have long
since begun to fail and need replacement on what are fast becoming "vintage"
PowerBooks.
If the computer can't take advantage of the superior batteries, because it
doesn't "know how", then why not a software solution that monitors the power
management firmware and intercedes on behalf of the new battery, much the same
way the 2400's G3 upgrade L2 cache card works, by telling the logic board CPU
to ignore the startup process and taking control itself. I mean if software
can control battery reconditioning and monitor battery life, why not control
power management?
Or, do I just not understand any of this?
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