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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / September 2004I don't get this
I had this iBook for 18 months now, and the battery life has been around 3 hours. Now I started to get 4, 5, and believe or not up to 6-7 hours and it seems to be going up with each charge. Can't complain, but I'd like to know what the heck is going on. > I had this iBook for 18 months now, and the battery life has been around > 3 hours. Now I started to get 4, 5, and believe or not up to 6-7 hours > and it seems to be going up with each charge. Can't complain, but I'd > like to know what the heck is going on. Actually your battery life is not increasing; what's happening is that hours are getting shorter. This happens every year as winter approaches. m.  Signaturematt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ AppleScript: The Definitive Guide http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005571/somethingsbymatt Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com > > I had this iBook for 18 months now, and the battery life has been around > > 3 hours. Now I started to get 4, 5, and believe or not up to 6-7 hours [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > hours are getting shorter. This happens every year as winter approaches. > m. Maybe he's traveling very fast, so time is slowing down due to relativity. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** >> Actually your battery life is not increasing; what's happening is that >> hours are getting shorter. This happens every year as winter approaches. >> m. > > Maybe he's traveling very fast, so time is slowing down due to > relativity. If the iBook was travelling with him, their relative time should remain the same. But to an external observer it should appear as if time had slowed down. SignatureBev A. Kupf "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." -- G.W. Bush, August 5, 2004. In article <chibitul-E63473.21022024092004@newsclstr01.news.prodigy.com>, > I had this iBook for 18 months now, and the battery life has been around > 3 hours. Now I started to get 4, 5, and believe or not up to 6-7 hours > and it seems to be going up with each charge. Can't complain, but I'd > like to know what the heck is going on. Two possibilities, perhaps working in concert: 1) Your usage patterns have changed in such a way that you're demanding less of the machine than you used to. 2) The accuracy of the estimate has changed. Are you actually getting the times you note, or are you reporting the estimated time the machine tells you? SignatureStandard output is like your butt. Everyone has one. When using a bathroom, they all default to going into a toilet. However, a person can redirect his "standard output" to somewhere else, if he so chooses. - Jeremy Nixon |
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