Pismo-Panther-Battery .... experience needed please

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Jo Vandeweghe Mobile - 27 Feb 2004 16:42 GMT

I just would like to know if some pismo owner using it mainly under
Panther has succeeded to keep more than three hours his machine living
with its battery.
Has someone bought a new battery and succeeded to use the pismo for a
long time under os X Panther ?

Good and bad experiences needed please.
Thanks in advance.

Jo from Belgium

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matt neuburg - 27 Feb 2004 20:29 GMT

> I just would like to know if some pismo owner using it mainly under
> Panther has succeeded to keep more than three hours his machine living
> with its battery.
> Has someone bought a new battery and succeeded to use the pismo for a
> long time under os X Panther ?

One nice thing about a Pismo is that you can put *two* batteries in it.
So even if you're only getting three hours you can double it instantly!
m.

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John Johnson - 27 Feb 2004 23:07 GMT

> I just would like to know if some pismo owner using it mainly under
> Panther has succeeded to keep more than three hours his machine living
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>
> Jo from Belgium

Pismo 400MHz, 384MB RAM, 20GB HD, OS X 10.3.2. My new (this fall) BTI
Battery gives me maybe 4hrs or so with AirPort turned off. My original
battery gives me 1 hour or so, which was the cause of my purchasing the
new battery. Moving from OS X 10.2 to 10.3 made my battery last longer,
though how much is a bit unclear, as I switched batteries only shortly
before then.

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Ron Parsons - 28 Feb 2004 18:44 GMT

>I just would like to know if some pismo owner using it mainly under
>Panther has succeeded to keep more than three hours his machine living
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>
>Jo from Belgium

I replaced a dead battery with one from NewerTech. They advertise %25
more life, but it seems much better than that.

With one original battery plus the new one installed, running Panther
and Airport on my Pismo 500, I get 5+ hours.

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Jo Vandeweghe Mobile - 29 Feb 2004 17:33 GMT

Ron Parsons a écrit:

> I replaced a dead battery with one from NewerTech. They advertise %25
> more life, but it seems much better than that.
>
> With one original battery plus the new one installed, running Panther
> and Airport on my Pismo 500, I get 5+ hours.

Thank you very much ..... I will buy one and see ...

Jo

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Pismo-Panther-Battery .... experience needed please