In Mac OS 9 I got about 4.5 hours when my battery was new. With X ... well, not that much ... of course now I can't get anywhere near that much with 9 either as my battery is getting on a bit.
David On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 09:56 AM, James Rohde wrote: > On 11/20/02 4:36 PM Joe Ellis enlightened us by writing: > >> My one gripe is >> that battery life in general is relatively short (2.5 - 3 hours max >> on 1). >> Thus I tend to stay tethered to my power adaptor most of the time. > > I usually get about that with my MacOS 9.2.2 (384 MB RAM) PB Firewire. > Sounds normal for me. > > Jim Rohde > > > > finger-pointing syndrome n.: All-too-frequent result of bugs, esp. in > new > or experimental configurations. The hardware vendor points a finger at > the > software. The software vendor points a finger at the hardware. All the > poor > users get is the finger. > > > > -- > 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/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
