That's true. I just got my newest vintage Mac, a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet, a few days ago, and despite it being 12 years old the battery still lasts about three hours. Now, I know that certainly isn't the norm, but considering that the rest of my family's laptop batteries (HP, Toshiba, and Sony) don't last more than a few minutes (and haven't since they were less than a year old, even though they were used very lightly), it really says something about the quality that goes into Apple's computers. All of my vintage laptop batteries work for at least half an hour or more, the newest from 2003 (a 17" PowerBook battery that lasts more than 2 hours) and the oldest from 1992 (a PowerBook Duo battery that probably lasts 45 minutes, tops). If Apple can make batteries that last almost twenty years, why can't PC makers make any that last more than six months?
Of course, one possible answer could be that most of those vintage PowerBooks were once top of the line expensive computers while my family usually buys budget PC laptops, but I'm pretty sure my sister's VAIO cost more than my iBook G4, and the only thing the battery on that computer is capable of is keeping it in sleep mode for a short time while mine still lasted about 2 hours or so until the iBook's logic board failed (and the VAIO is at least three years newer than the iBook). Sorry for the rant... Steven On Sep 22, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Ashgrove wrote: > > Bill, I just LOVE it! That's pure genius. Imagine THAT. The funny > thing is, the joke is really on them. Show me one PC that old that's > still standing and that is worth ANY money at all... ;-) -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
