[Ti] Introduction/questions...

[Sam Hotchkiss]

On 4/18/03 1:36 PM, "Jerry Krinock" <dearjerry at mindspring.com> wrote:

> on 03/04/18 11:48, Tim Clarke at tim at score-music.com wrote:
> 
>> I'm also sorely dissappointed with the "5-hour" battery that lasts for more
>> like 1-2 hours.  What's up with that?
> 
> You should get at least two hours on a 667 - I always did.  The "up to 5
> hours" will happen with the screen brightness turned down to minimum, no
> firewire stuff drawing power, no PCMCIA card drawing power, Airport off, and
> a new battery.  Aged batteries do not hold as much charge.
> 
> Actually, you should get more than 5 hours if you buy a brand-new battery,
> since the newer batteries have slightly more capacity than the ones that
> shipped with the 667s.
> 
> If you're near an Apple store, ask one of the Geniuses to momentarily swap a
> fully charged new battery with yours and see what happens to the battery
> time estimate.

I always got at least 3 hours out of all my tibooks, with my 1ghz now giving
me slightly over 4 (yes, count them, 4) hour with screen on 3/4 brightness,
airport going, and listening to music in itunes

-- 
Samuel W. Hotchkiss
President, Contractor Services, LLC.
hotch at zlit.net

Laptop History: PB 145, PB 520c, PB 3400c, 400mhz Pismo, 400mhz TiBook,
667mhz TiBook (rev b), 1ghz TiBook