[PB] Battery endurance

[at leX]

On 29 Jun 2005, at 20:18, Murray Kastner wrote:
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> How long does the battery in your PB last?
Depends what you are doing with it and how it is set up:
More Ram means longer battery life as the Mac will need to use the HD 
less for swap space
Using the CD/DVD drive will lower battery life LOTS as will accessing 
the HD lots.
I can happily watch a 2hr dvd on my Al or Ti before the battery warning 
comes up with apple batteries and better with Other World Batteries

> And which PB do you have?

A  Pismo G3
A  Ti 867
and an Al 1GHz

> And, lastly, I would like to know if there is any advantage to buying 
> an extra battery and alternating them?

  I have multiple batteries for long haul flights and swap them out 
then, but I have found no great advantage in swapping them out 
regularly.
I have apple batteries and other world batteries for my Ti which give 
an amazing boost to battery time. On the Ti about 30 to 40 minutes and 
about 20 to 30 minutes on the Al longer than the apple batteries!  
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/powerbook/batteries/

Alex