really? are you on os 9 or X? I usually dim my screen to the lowest level and will shut of airport if I'm not using it and can only get the battery meter to go >4 if I actually kill the backlight to the monitor.
-Andrew On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 08:07 PM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 04:00 PM, Andrew Johnson wrote: > >> Not to mention that I'm sure power draw from the 4200 is somewhat less >> than the 5400. The 17" Albook already has a 'meager' 4.5hr rating, I >> would imagine that Apple didn't want to let the rating slip down even >> further. (although I've never seen anywhere near the 5hr mark on my >> TiBook 667 DVI, 3.5 is my current record I believe...) > > 3.5 is common.... but you CAN get 5, usually. > > dim your screen, turn off airport, don't use the optical drive -- on > average, I get about 3 hours on my TiBook 400, but only when I don't do > these things. When I don't use the optical or airport, and dim the > screen, I get MORE than 5 hours. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
