On 11/21/05 6:03 AM, Kuestner, Bjoern wrote: > One hour is not good from the start. I'm not the OP, but I just wanted to say that an hour is not bad, depending on what kind of machine you've got. My original-issue 17" PowerBook runs about an hour, even when it was new the best I could squeak out is about an hour and twenty minutes. But, running mail, a couple web browsers, iTunes, iChat, and SETI, plus powering that 17" screen, that's about all I expect, too. However, it does mean that I need to keep it plugged in most of the time (unfortunately)! (and yes, when I set the machine up, I used that KBase -- or a similar one -- to set it up.) -Linda