Another thing that might help. "From SmallDog tech tails #300. (via AppleSiders of Cincinnati):
coconutBattery v2.2 by Troy at smalldog.com As their web site states, "The hottest battery information app out there... got even hotter!" Way cool is what I think about this app that a friend let me in on. If you have a laptop running OS X, this is a must-have application. It is a free download, but if you find it useful and want to help out a 22-year-old student living in Germany, then you should consider making a donation to Christoph Siani. The application will tell you the age of your Mac, the battery load cycle, current capacity, and maximum charge, all within an easy Tiger widget or an easy to use icon window on your screen. It is a great tool for us, as we can quickly see if a used computer needs a new battery or if it is having other power-related issues. It is also nice to have energetic, creative people helping to push the Apple platform forward. http://www.coconut-flavour.com/index.html Lee Larson wrote: > On Feb 6, 2006, at 10:39 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> I also was wondering how old a laptop must be to still belong to the >> new laptop kind, referring to Lee's remarks. On my G4 powerbook ( I >> have no idea and haven.t tried to find out as yet what kind of >> battery it has, but it is still the titanium thing, not the >> aluminum and lighter kind) I was also told that it would be better >> to let it run down once in awhile and not always keep it plugged in. >> So I let it run down into the 60th and then plug it in again. Is that >> low , medium or still high? We are dealing here with non specified >> amounts of time and charges, and I really don't know the category I >> would fit in. > > I did some Googling this morning and found a Web page that pretty much > agrees with what I wrote last evening, but gives more detail. > > <http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
