[Ti] 15 " Albook battery life

[Renaud Dreyer]

Le mardi, 25 mai 2004, à 10:54 US/Pacific, John Griffin a écrit :

> Thomas Seid typed this message on 5/25/04 1:01 PM:
>
>> Can anybody comment on the 15" battery performance...is it as bad as
>> the MacWorld review said in comparison to the 12 and 17?
>
> Since the 15" has exactly the same guts as the 17", I would expect 
> that the
> battery performance is identical.
>

The 17" needs to drive a larger screen, though.

> I have to admit that I have not noticed any difference between the
> performance that I have on my new 1.5gz 15" Powerbook and what I had 
> on my
> old 1ghz Titanium Powerbook when it was new.
>

On my 1.25Ghz 15" PowerBook, I can get 4.5 hours of battery life with 
the screen at minimal non-zero backlighting, no airport and no 
bluetooth. Shockingly, this is the time that Apple advertises in their 
specs. Ciao,

                Renaud