[iBook] What battery life are you getting?

Brian Pearce bpearce at cloud9.net
Tue Sep 21 10:16:03 PDT 2004


> 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
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