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Average Battery length of your PB
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: CT
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I'm in the market to buy a 12 or 15 inch PB and I was just wondering how long your battery lasts doing these things.
1. Watching a DVD
2. Playing games (Big games like Warcraft 3, UT 2003, Diablo 2 LOD)
3. Surfing internet/typing
4. Listening to music with itunes
Oh and also, how long does it take to completely charge from a dead battery?
Thanks for any info.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Madison, WI USA
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I have a 17", but I can give you some rough estimates on what I get...
1) I can usually get 2 - 2.5 hours watching dvds with screen at lowest brightness and headphones
2) I get about 3 hours with playing big games (again low settings for the game and low screen brightness)
3) I can get anywhere from 3 to 4 hours with just typing or surfing the web (same settings as above)
4) Uh, iTunes with music playing through speakers eats my battery away, usually 2 - 2.5 hours there. With headphones its usually 3.
Hope that helps!
Justin
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hong Kong
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I get 3.5 hrs with my PB12 at 1/2 brightness with AirPort ON.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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2:45 is about my average music, surfing etc
dvd at full screen is about 1:45
not too bad, but nothing to scream about
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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30 minutes on my pismo :-) hahaha
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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So, how about charging the battery, folks? (I'm curious about this too, because this isn't the sort of thing they let you test out at Fry's.)
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Chuck
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Elbonia
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i used to get about three and a half until i installed panther on my 12" PB. now i get about 2 doing all kinds of stuff with brightness at half.
any panther users wanna confirm the drop in battery life?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: CT
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How long does it take to recharge?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: May 2003
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panther actually gives an higher estimate
batterylife i have heard
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta
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Originally posted by kpne1home:
How long does it take to recharge?
To do a full charge with the computer not on usually takes me about 2 hours (PB 15).
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