[P1] Ram and battery life

[Brian Pearce]

> A while ago I owned a G3 WallStreet. I bought a 512mb ram upgrade, and 
> after
> that, battery life dropped by half. I now have a G3 ibook (twin USB). 
> It
> only has the original RAM configuration, and I want to increase the 
> memory,
> can anyone tell me if it is likely to have the same effect on battery
> performance?

In my experience (with an earlier iBook), you shouldn't have any 
problems. (In fact, if you're using OS X, you should come out ahead of 
the game, since more physical memory means less disc access for virtual 
memory, and better battery life.)

But there shouldn't have been a *that* significant a drop in battery 
life after installing RAM; that's very, very odd. There's bound to be 
some power consumption, I suppose, but not that much. (Even if your 
Virtual Memory use was causing increased disc access, why would you 
need it after installing so much more RAM?)

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net