[P1] battery time under X

[Fred Stevens K2FRD]

5 hours, 11 minutes at start immediately after unplugging from 
commercial power, then 4 hours 8 minutes a couple minutes later after 
the initial surge dropped off. New 14.1" iBook 900mhz, OS X.

At 11:57 -0400 22/08/03, don hinkle wrote:
>I remember some time ago, on this list there was some chat about 
>battery time under Jaguar but I paid little attention since I was 
>still running OS 9. Well, now I'm almost fulltime in Jag...and I 
>just started my iBook in a situation where it's running on battery, 
>and the icon shows 2:53 time remaining. Under 3 hours, whereas 
>before, in 9, I was getting close to 4. Big difference, eh? I've 
>just lowered the brightness level, but can't imagine what else might 
>help. Is this an issue for a new battery? Could folks who have new 
>models and/or new batteries share what times they're showing? thanks,

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3333333 de Fred