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Pleasant Pismo Experience


Yesterday I flew from Milwaukee to Boston with my Pismo in my lap. After about 30 minutes of typing out some reports, I decided to close my eyes and listen to some mp3's. Using a playlist in SoundApp, and setting the Pismo to deactivate the screen after one minute of idle, I turned the volume about three quarters of the way up, on headphones.

When I opened my eyes over an hour later, music still playing, I checked the battery status. According to the display, I still had over three hours left, and the display had said 3 hours ten minutes over an hour ago. I was stunned. Talk about low power consumption...

Just thought I would share,

Ben

yeah - I do the same myself some times - switch on some MP3 tracks and shut off the screen - the battery life span increases a lot. Why? Simple: The original "guess" number is based on how long the PowerBook will survive with screen on. When you switch the screen off this value is recalculated, but you cannot see it (probably doubles since the screen takes about half or more of the power during light CPU/peripheral usage). That is all - no magic, but a pleasant surprise!

Hewligan