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What is the best way to use Xbattery to time the life of your battery?
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Bruck
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Oct 25, 2003, 02:42 PM
 
I want to find out how long my battery will last. The time remaining in panther says 2:31 at 98% full. Not as high as I expected but this does not mean i won't get more life than this. I assumed it would be easy to see how long the battery lasted, but it seems a little less upfront about it.
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Oct 25, 2003, 04:03 PM
 
Originally posted by Bruck:
I want to find out how long my battery will last. The time remaining in panther says 2:31 at 98% full. Not as high as I expected but this does not mean i won't get more life than this. I assumed it would be easy to see how long the battery lasted, but it seems a little less upfront about it.
I have a revA 17AL. I had the same battery readings as you. I got 2h 38min beofre the screen went dark and it went into sleep mode. This is about 12% better than in Jaguar.
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Oct 25, 2003, 06:34 PM
 
Download X-Charge, it graphs your battery life.
     
   
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