[iBook] What battery life are you getting?

[Janice F. Jorgensen]

I can "ditto" the same message..

Janice F. Jorgensen
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Legare" <Tom.Legare at comcast.net>
To: "A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers."
<ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [iBook] What battery life are you getting?


> FYI, since I started this thread....
>
> I ended up getting a new iBook battery, a humbling $129 at the Apple
> Store.
>
> But the battery life on my iBook 500 has gone from 37 minutes on the
> old battery to 4 hours 52 minutes with the new.
>
> Wow!
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Sep 21, 2004, at 12:16 PM, Brian Pearce wrote:
>
> >> It is the original battery that came with the icebook.  That makes it
> >> 3 years and 2 months since my purchase of the ibook new.  I just keep
> >> the battery in the ibook all the time and it charges when the AC
> >> adaptor is used, which is most of the time.  When I do use battery
> >> power and let it totally discharge, it still doesn't seem to affect
> >> the battery life after it is fully charged again.
> >
> > In that case, my guess is it's probably just coming toward the end of
> > it's natural lifespan, measured in charge/discharge cycles. (My
> > KeyLime iBook battery lasted about that long, as well, and I was
> > always careful to fully charge and fully discharge it.)
> >
> > BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net
> > <http://www.redjacketpress.com>
> >
> >
> >
>
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