[Sakino]

I was wondering wha tthe battery life is like on the new 17" rev b powerbooks. Can you get about 3 hours of battery life, or do you normally average around 2?

[jock]

Under normal use I get 4 hours and thats with airpport and bluetooth

[herbsman]

4 hours running panther on normal usage. this is not at full brightness, maybe 3/4 but thats plenty. i get around 420 with half brightness.

[Podolsky]

I only get 2.5 maybe a bit more from my 1.33MhZ 17". I have the 5400 rpm drive and 1gb of memory. I run everything and screen at 3/4. I would love 4. I have conditioned the battery this week with 3 deep drains and full charges. I only saw about 15 more minutes with Panther upgrade and can't, with confidence, even attribute that to Panther.

[dennis88]

Originally posted by Podolsky:
I only get 2.5 maybe a bit more from my 1.33MhZ 17". I have the 5400 rpm drive and 1gb of memory. I run everything and screen at 3/4. I would love 4. I have conditioned the battery this week with 3 deep drains and full charges. I only saw about 15 more minutes with Panther upgrade and can't, with confidence, even attribute that to Panther.

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