In a message dated 8/13/02 8:45:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I recently made a pilgrimage to see the geniuses at Smalldog - great bunch. In talking about battery life, now that my year-old Ti-Book battery is failing, they mentioned I could extend battery time by turning off the Airport card when I'm on the road anyhow. Anybody got other ideas like that? Is there a way to turn off some of the memory or other things I might not be using that add to power drain and heat production? >> You can set energy saver settings separately for when you're on AC or on battery. When on battery, I keep my screen dimmer to begin with (saves energy). I keep my sleep settings on a rather short leash -- I have my hard drive go to sleep after a minute of inactivity, and my screen go to sleep after two minutes of inactivity. I don't know what types of things you're doing, but when I'm on the road, I'm usually either just doing word process or checking email and the like -- not hard drive intensive tasks so sleeping the hard drive makes sense, as it's really only needed when I'm saving or opening files. I have the display on such a short sleep setting because that's where a real power drain is. If I'm constantly typing or scrolling, the screen stays on, but if I'm in a meeting, where someone may be speaking and I have no need of taking notes, having the display go dark really preserves the battery. Michelle ----------------------- Michelle K. Wachtel, Apple Product Professional, Inspiration to Information 804/794-6435, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <A HREF="http://www.carbonus.com/23";>www.carbonus.com/23</A> or <A HREF="http://www.4allnaturals.com/23";>www.4allnaturals.com/23</A> -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
