On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 09:50:17AM -0700, Mark Edward Attew wrote: : : I have my Bluechip G3 900MHz upgrade happily accelerating everything Mac : on my Pismo and so far the performance boost is tremendous. : : My only complaint is battery time...before the upgrade while I was : running at 400Mhz, my battery would last about 3.5 to 4 hours which is : pretty good considering the age of the battery. With the upgrade in : place, I am lucky now if I can get 1.5 t 2 hours, usually closer to 1.5 : out of a full charge. : : I know I am running more than twice the CPU speed and expected a : decrease in battery time, but there are folks with G3 900 iBooks who get : better than 1.5 hours in their machines.
The iBooks have different, newer, and most likely more energy efficient hardware than your Pismo. : Is it time to invest in a second battery to get 3 hours or is there some : other way to improve the battery life? I prefer the extra battery. IMO, if a notebook can't stay on for at least 2 hours per battery, it's not worth buying in the first place. -- Eugene Lee eugene at anime dot net -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
