pb 12" batterie

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vox barbaravox barbara
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
guys,



yeah, im a proud owner of a brand new pb 12" superdrive 1 ghz g4. EVERYTHING works as it is supposed to be.



im so satiesfied i can tell you.



BUT!!!



one little thing im pretty much concerned.

What the f*** is wrong with battery live?



I only get 2.45 h!

Thats pretty much faaaaaar away from the promised (nearly) 5 h, isn't it? (i can tell you, i did everything right the first time with my batterie, i charged it full blast, let it down untill no way, calibrated, recharged --> poor 2.45.



POOR



best

gimme break

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    jxfreakjxfreak Posts: 138member
    I have the same machine as you dude. I can get about 3.5 to 4 hours on a full charge but you have to turn off airport, bluetooth, dim the screen down abit. Than should get at least 3.5 to 4 hours.



    Tell me how that goes
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  • Reply 2 of 4
    algolalgol Posts: 833member
    Yea to get Apple's quoted numbers you have to turn everything down. Screen needs to be dimmed etc. And you'll not get 3+ hours playing Unreal tournament 2003.
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  • Reply 3 of 4
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:

    ... Tell me how that goes



    no idea,



    i noticed from your sig. you've just standart ram config.



    i#ve got an additional 512 piece. I *heard" that'll would matter. The more ram you got the less batterie live you have. Ram is an awfull sucking issue, isnt it?



    best
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  • Reply 4 of 4
    cosmocosmo Posts: 662member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Vox Barbara

    no idea,



    i noticed from your sig. you've just standart ram config.



    i#ve got an additional 512 piece. I *heard" that'll would matter. The more ram you got the less batterie live you have. Ram is an awfull sucking issue, isnt it?



    best



    I belive the opposite is true, the more ram you have, the less the machine has to access the HDD. think of the ipod for example, if you are switching songs and playlists often the battery life will decrease because it is using the harddrive more. If you leave one song on repeat, your will get the most out of your battery because it doesn't have to use the harddrive and just reads data from the ram.



    PowerBooks and iPods are very differnet devices, but the same principals should apply, the differance might not be as dramatic on the Powerbook, however.



    either way i'm sure it takes more energy to spin a harddrive than it does to keep data in ram.
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