[Ti] Battery Life

[Luke Mazzeri]

On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 09:43 PM, Daniel Borge wrote:

> Hi there
>
> Just was wondering what's the battery life when u guys watch a DVD 
> film without being connected?
> I know mine says 5 hours when it's fully charged, but it changes down 
> to 3 hours when I open Corel Draw....


For a funny and entertaining conversation...  just call apple or call 
an apple store and ask to talk to an Apple Genius and ask them this 
question:

"Excuse me for my ignorance Mr. Apple Genius, Sir, but just EXACTLY 
which specific 'configuration' of the iBook/Powerbook is it that gets 
you 5 hours of (advertised) battery life?"

It's hilarious to watch them squirm and dance around the issue...  You 
get a LOT of VERY good professional-level non-answers.  I was told by 
one Apple rep on the phone, that "That 5 hours is probably not 
attainable, and it may refer to a laboratory situation..."

I have NO respect for a company who feels that they have to lie about a 
product to coerce you into buying it.

I did a poll on the mac-l list asking about people various 
'configurations' and the average and maximum battery life that they 
were achieving and i don't recall hearing anything above a 2.5 hour 
average...  Since day one my TiBook never achieved more than 2.75 
hours...  and i normally get two...  Seems that 5 hours can only be 
accomplished w/ two batteries...




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