[Ti] Disappointing BigAl battery life

[Frank Farwell]

On Saturday, April 5, 2003, at 02:29 AM, Selwyn Ward wrote:

> I've been a little disappointed with the battery life I'm getting with 
> my
> new 17" PB.  I dutifully followed the advice for conditioning the 
> battery,
> but even with Energy Saver set in automatic to max battery saver when
> running on battery, I'm only getting about 1'50" from a full charge.  I
> wasn't expecting the usually quoted but unachievable 4-5 hours, but I'm
> disappointed not to be pushing 3 hours when only running Word, 
> Entourage &
> Airport Extreme.  Is this normal or have I perhaps got a duff battery?
>

Selwyn
I wonder how much additional battery life you will achieve if the 
airport card is turned off. since it has greater range and speed than 
the older airport card it may use a fair bit more power.

frank farwell