On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:00:17PM -0500, Matthew Grant wrote: > Thanks a bunch everyone. Thats were my next question was aimed. > I appreciate the tip on HD speed which I will try because I > have never heard about it. > > But what about Battery Life. My Laptop sits in a terminal for > 40 minutes before the power light starts to blink. But I was > running X and compiling Busybox and It died after 15 minutes. > Are there any OpenSource tools to completely drain the battery > Because it has been used as a Desktop for about 4 years and has > never been unplugged. I hope I don't have to buy a new battery. In case you reboot once in a while: On my old Acer notebook I was told to go into the BIOS and let it sit there until it gets switched off. That operation usually lasts much longer than the battery warning beeps/shutdowns you get when you're working normally.
Andreas Mohr
