Paul, just curious. Why did your mPower have to go back to the shop?
Jean
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From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] What's The Purpose of Transplanting?
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.
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