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Bluetooth effect on battery life
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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I am planning on buying a mouse for my powerbook, the portable pro one with retractable cord seems like a perfect match, but the ms Intellimouse bluetooth looks so "cool". I kind of think it was be impressive to use a mouse that is not plugged into the laptop... I'm sure this is part of the selling point of bluetooth mice.
But will it be a battery killer that is not worth the WOW factor? CAn i test this by leaving bluetooth on all the time, or is it different if i was actually using a bluetooth device with it?
Anyone have experience?p.s. whomakes that retractable cord mouse, is it kensington?
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anyone using bluetooth peripherals with the new 15AL?
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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on cellphones, BT can cut batt life in half. not sure if the PB's power management systems can handle it thou...who knows..i hope it's the latter.
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Originally posted by Bruck:
p.s. whomakes that retractable cord mouse, is it kensington?
yes, it is made by kensington. It's the Pocketmouse Pro.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Anybody else know anything more about if having Bluetooth turned on reduces battery life? When I take my PowerBook to school (and won't be using any BT devices with it), should I turn BT off?
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i have BT turned off when I don't use it.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Turning Bluetooth and Airport off in the menubar really mean cutting physical power off these components?
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally posted by phantomac:
Turning Bluetooth and Airport off in the menubar really mean cutting physical power off these components?
Yeah, because think about it...your computer is no longer actively searching for wireless networks and/or Bluetooth devices. Turning off Airport when on batt power and not using wireless helps improve battery life BIG TIME. I'm just wondering about Bluetooth though...
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Bluetooth uses significantly lower power than 802.11b/g. So I doubt that turning it off will increase battery life very much.
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