My Reply follows quote. On 08/04/2005 22:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Okay, I got the airport card for my clamshell, love it to death and >enjoy being completely wire-free. However I noticed with the airport >card, the battery life is seriously diminished. If I plan on using it >without the power cord for any reason for a long time, I'll turn the >screen brightness down and turn the sound off. that doesn't seem to >make a huge difference, but it makes a little bit of one. It says it >will work for like close to 2 hours. Does the battery need replacing >or is this average for an older laptop? I noticed it gets down to a >certain level with the battery displaying in red and then *boom* it >shuts down and goes into sleep mode til I plug it back in. > >Any solutions or ideas? Should I just get a new battery? > >Andrea~ ------------ Sounds pretty normal to me. Two hours with wireless seems good. Better than I get with my Blueberry! A new battery may help, but I don't think you will get 3 hours from a new battery while wireless.
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