Re: Better Performance on PB 1400

[Rick McCutcheon]

Well, as someone just said, don't get your expectations tooooo high.  
I'm a long-time PB1400 fan (still have 2 of them, one since 98 or so), 
and I've never, even with a brand new battery, got 3 full hours of 
"actual" run time (others may have).  I have managed it with sleep 
time, etc.  And even if you did, within several months your new battery 
would no longer be new.  Two hours is very doable, and maybe with a 
carefully managed set-up three "might" be possible for a few months 
while the battery is still brand new (assuming you have the upgraded 
processor that eats less power)....

I would be sorry to see your hopes dashed....  It's a fabulous computer 
(well worth applause) that I still use occasionally, although for a 
host of reasons I've recently had to move to a slightly newer Book for 
most of my "official" work.  And I don't mean this as a downer, just a 
reality check so you don't end up going to a psych as a result of 
computer related depression....  Battery life was the only criticism I 
had of the 1400, but it and the technology of its time, were fabulous 
-- even with the limitations.

The keyboard, btw, remains to my mind the very best EVER made for a 
laptop by Apple, bar none (let the flame wars begin :-).

It's just my experience -- others will have their own to add.  I too 
love the 1400 and have raved about it on many occasions (and suggested 
long ago on this list that it was better than many that followed it, 
only to be battered in flame wars... although not fully beaten).

Rick

On 3-May-05, at 4:54 PM, Noah Wood wrote:
Well, I plan to get a wireless card (Orinoco Gold) for it and a new
battery so I can go like 3 hours without weirs!  I love my PB even if
it is slow!
On 5/3/05, Joost van de Griek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2005-05-03 7:49, Gary Zamzow wrote:
I went on-line tonight for the first time with my 1400 via my wife's
AOL dial up.
Things take a long time to load, but that is probably just AOL and 
the
phone company.
Next step is to get a 10/100 card and wifi card and access the net 
via
Comcast Broadband.
Don't get your hopes up too high. Todays web pages are rather 
intensive to
render, and will be slow on a stock-CPU 1400 even with a broadband
connection.

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Joost van de Griek
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