Re: battery power on wifi, G3 clamshell
After some initial problems with batteries we bought a new battery for 466 clamshell ibook and we get somewhere around 4- 4 1/2 hours use with airport. If watching a DVD you get full film plus about an hour. That is running latest version of Panther mind you. Watch out for funny battery problems when updating OS! I reckon it's worth getting a new battery just for the lack of hassle. Ours is BTI (Battery Tech) Matt Original Message Follows From: Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: battery power on wifi, G3 clamshell Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:17:03 -0700 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. Ken -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: battery power on wifi, G3 clamshell
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. Ken -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: battery power on wifi, G3 clamshell
Hi I have been using my new ibook for two weeks now and the battery only lasts for 3 hrs 50 with the airport card fitted and that is a new book. So 2hr + from a clamshell is good. I also have a 3400c with wifi via a mac wireless card, with the cd loaded and wireless being used for the net the best i get from that is 2hrs 30 mins and that is also a new battery, To save your battery life you need to set the book up to the way you like but only using the minimal power then the life should increase, for example the screen only at half brightness, the sound turned down to a minimum. Also if you have a book with removable drives then take the cd out and put in a space saver or a floppy drive. If the drive can not be removed leave the door open slightly the the system does not keep accessing the drive to check if there is anything there, keep the hdd spun down when doing text or not doing heavy access. turn off power to inactive devices IE pcmcia cards etc. all these need to be taken into account when you use the book, and if you do then you will find that you will always have enough power for the things that you need. vicki -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
