[P1] Battery life for 1yr old iBook

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Hello Brett and other posters to this thread. I thought I'd share with you
my newest battery experiences on my 700 iceBook. After a full night's
charge, I unplug the charger, then watch the amount of charge slowly
decrease until it gets to about 80%, then it dips suddenly to 0% and goes to
sleep with no warning. It won't wake unless I plug it into the charger again
and it takes about 2:15 to 2:40 to fully recharge. It slowly recharges until
it reaches about 20%, then zooms suddenly up to 100%. This is reproducible
many times. Any of this behavior sound familiar to anyone else?
Cheers,
John
Happy T-Giving!


On 11/25/2002 4:38 PM, "Brett Forrester" <bforrester at macconnect.com> wrote:

> Dear iBook Listers,
> 
> Thank you for the incoming responses regarding expected battery life
> for a one-year-old iBook (iceBook, dual USB, Marble, P29,
> what-nickname have you).  The consensus seems to be that between three and
> five hours of 
> battery use should still be available to a one-year-old (probably
> closer to 1-1/2 in my own case) iBook battery, depending on AirPort
> use, and conditions of backlighting, sound volume, and CD access...
> Brett