[Ti] Actual Battery Life

[Mike Stanley]

On Dec 15, 2003, at 8:09 AM, gkar at mac wrote:

> I agree that the new 15" powerbook battery life is anemic compared to
> previous models but your 81 minutes is pretty darn short. With 
> bluetooth
> off, airport on, and backlighting set to about 50% I can get 140 
> minutes
> without really trying. By turning off airport and and setting energy 
> saver
> for aggressive energy savings, I can get just over 3 hours. That's 
> still 90
> minutes shorter than my iBook but acceptable for my usage.

Uh, sorry, but that sucks.  I get 3+ hours out of my 15" 1GHz TiBook 
with Airport on and backlighting set somewhere slightly upwards of 50% 
- and I mean well over 3 hours, not 3 hours and 5 minutes.  There are 
times when I glance at my battery indicator and it actually reports 4 
hours, although I don't think I've ever put that to the test.

I guess iBooks get great battery life period (I've never owned one) but 
I can't see turning off airport (which would essentially render my 
TiBook useless in the way that I use it) to squeeze out a paltry 140 
minutes.

Could something be *wrong* with these new batteries?  I've been so 
pleased with my TiBook's battery I've never considered 3rd party 
solutions, but if all I was getting was 81 minutes with airport on I 
think I'd buy one of those weird flat batteries that fit underneath the 
machine and supposedly provide several more hours of life.