Point. How has your battery life been?

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Post #203,892

4/19/05 11:45:02 AM

Point. How has your battery life been?

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Post #203,898

by Another Scott

4/19/05 12:06:03 PM

Can't complain.

The Pentium M can be throttled back much more than the P4 in laptops. It's a great laptop chip. But Linux support isn't as seamless as under Win2k.

I bought the Extra Life battery and the UltraBay battery (replaces the CD-RW). I usually just use the big main battery - it sticks out the back a little. I haven't done any test recently, but I think I can easily get 5+ hours out of it doing wireless stuff under Win2k. With both batteries under Win2k the meter said the life should be ~ 8 hours (with some of the power saving stuff turned on).

Under MEPIS, the power-saving stuff apparently isn't configured right. I think it's running full speed and the life with the big battery is ~ 3-4 hours. I haven't tried to figure out what needs to be configured...

I haven't noticed any degradation in the battery, but I don't use the laptop that often (it sits for a couple of weeks at a time sometimes, other times it's used every evening).

I think I got the batteries from a store on eBay.

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.

The beret seems unlikely to land... - (ben_tilly) - (43) - April 18, 2005, 12:30:30 AM EDT

The Apple Pro keyboard plays nice with me. - (pwhysall) - (13) - April 18, 2005, 01:37:28 AM EDT

That's great for you - (ben_tilly) - (12) - April 18, 2005, 02:30:27 PM EDT

Bite me, you miserable sod. - (pwhysall) - (3) - April 18, 2005, 02:31:12 PM EDT

;P - How does it feel to be on the other side of the BOOT? -NT - (folkert) - (1) - April 18, 2005, 03:35:13 PM EDT

Not so bad... - (pwhysall) - April 18, 2005, 03:37:32 PM EDT

That was not a boot - (ben_tilly) - April 18, 2005, 04:29:44 PM EDT

Baby keep you up all night or something? - (admin) - (7) - April 18, 2005, 04:02:11 PM EDT

No - (ben_tilly) - (6) - April 18, 2005, 04:27:41 PM EDT

Sigh. - (pwhysall) - April 18, 2005, 04:34:41 PM EDT

You might want to review #203693. He didn't do that... -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - April 18, 2005, 04:43:57 PM EDT

Reviewed - (ben_tilly) - (2) - April 18, 2005, 05:24:25 PM EDT

You're over-analysing. - (pwhysall) - April 18, 2005, 05:37:02 PM EDT

That's not the way I read it. - (Another Scott) - April 18, 2005, 07:06:45 PM EDT

You're completely over-reacting - (admin) - April 18, 2005, 06:22:36 PM EDT

Hard drive size limitations. - (bepatient) - (19) - April 18, 2005, 12:08:58 PM EDT

Good points - (ben_tilly) - (18) - April 18, 2005, 05:48:45 PM EDT

Deal not expected to repeat. - (bepatient) - (6) - April 18, 2005, 08:09:00 PM EDT

That is almost workable - (ben_tilly) - (5) - April 18, 2005, 08:32:32 PM EDT

I've generally had good luck with pcmcia - (bepatient) - (2) - April 18, 2005, 09:36:51 PM EDT

So is the built-in wireless not working for you? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 19, 2005, 11:16:14 AM EDT

I haven't tried on the T40 - (bepatient) - April 19, 2005, 03:03:38 PM EDT

I have a Broadcom chipset in mine - (Yendor) - (1) - April 18, 2005, 09:51:38 PM EDT

I'd like to be able to entirely remove... - (ben_tilly) - April 19, 2005, 11:13:54 AM EDT

IBM stockholders get deals. - (Another Scott) - (10) - April 18, 2005, 08:37:22 PM EDT

Hmm... - (ben_tilly) - (9) - April 19, 2005, 11:18:44 AM EDT

You probably need to compare specific machine numbers. - (Another Scott) - (2) - April 19, 2005, 11:34:24 AM EDT

Point. How has your battery life been? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 19, 2005, 11:45:02 AM EDT

Can't complain. - (Another Scott) - April 19, 2005, 12:06:03 PM EDT

There is a backup plan for IBM. - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - April 20, 2005, 10:41:29 PM EDT

That sounds like a very nice deal! - (ben_tilly) - (4) - April 22, 2005, 02:49:04 PM EDT

Take a look at this thread at Gillmor's blog. - (Another Scott) - (1) - April 22, 2005, 05:40:22 PM EDT

It was, it confirms my thinking :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 22, 2005, 06:27:17 PM EDT

Re: Sent! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - April 24, 2005, 04:40:13 PM EDT

received! -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 25, 2005, 01:06:57 AM EDT

another question - (boxley) - (4) - April 18, 2005, 05:02:57 PM EDT

Cost is not the issue with your scenario - (ben_tilly) - (3) - April 18, 2005, 05:32:49 PM EDT

Just wait until he figures out how to climb... - (admin) - (2) - April 18, 2005, 06:25:04 PM EDT

I'm planning that as well... - (ben_tilly) - April 18, 2005, 07:13:29 PM EDT

That doesn't work - (jake123) - April 19, 2005, 07:47:02 PM EDT

Thinkpad. - (ubernostrum) - (1) - April 19, 2005, 04:39:51 AM EDT

So far I have several good reports on thinkpads... - (ben_tilly) - April 19, 2005, 11:04:12 AM EDT

HP Laptop NC6000 - (lister) - (1) - April 19, 2005, 05:10:19 PM EDT

That looks interesting as well, thanks -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 19, 2005, 05:22:05 PM EDT

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