On 9 Apr2005, at 1:23 AM, Andrea Stansbury wrote:
I noticed with the airport card, the battery life is seriously diminished. ... 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?
You might luck out with a new battery, but don't count on it. The results you're getting sound about right. I'm told the rule of thumb is that using Airport cuts your battery time to about half.
It makes it difficult to soar into the wireless blue yonder when you're weighed down by extra batteries. Maybe the G5 laptops will come with solar chargers. Starbucks will have to reserve all the sunny tables for Mac users.
Peter
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