Re: [Braillenote] What's The Purpose of Transplanting?

[Paul Henrichsen]

Hi. I don't know that I prefer the newer cursor routing keys over the old 
ones. Since I still have my bn classic and my MPower is in the shop, I got 
a chance to go back to my old unit for a week. The only thing that bothered 
me was the constant clicking of the display as I moved around. I had gotten 
so used to the quiet display in the past month as well as the smoothness of 
the platform when the dots are not up.
When mine comes back tomorrow, it will be interesting to see how I feel 
going back to the MPower.
One thing I can say with certainty is that the bn classic batteries last 
longer during charges than do the MPower batteries.
Maybe they fixed something in my MPower so they will more closely match, 
but judging from what I have read on the list and watching my own MPower, I 
never had to charge my old bn four to five times in a two week period.
Granted, if you use it a lot including wireless, of course you would have 
to charge it much more, but for the past week, I have not been doing 
anything except for reading. I am at 34 percent. With the bn classic, I can 
run it down to pretty near zero percent before it goes flat. With the 
MPower, you are going to go flat shortly after reaching ten percent. This 
is probably due to how lithium batteries operate.
I don't remember when I charged the bn classic, but think it was last 
friday or Saturday and here it is Thursday evening. My MPower never would 
have lasted this long.
As I say, I want to see how the battery life has improved once my unit 
comes back.
I really don't have a problem if the MPower needs to be charged more 
because of a shorter battery life. One can only get three or four hours 
tops out of a laptop. But unless soemthing changes with my repaired unit, I 
think the MPower just drains batteries faster.