Hello List, following the recall of 1.8 million Sony batteries from iBooks and PowerBooks G4 (for those who don't know yet: https://support06.apple.com/index.html) I started looking for some info on my battery's health.
My iBook is 32 months old and around the 24th month I noticed a sudden loss in battery performance: I thought it was related to some changes in power management under linux (never really had the nerves to use OSX as long as the battery life...), but (using a small .app called "coconutBattery") I have now found out that only 69% of my battery is still alive after *only* 167 charge cycles. Now that's some lousy performance if you ask me, although I guess only complete charge-discharge cycles are counted. My question is: could you make a small "survey" on the health of your batteries, to see if we (as linux users) have a problem with that or if we are pretty much average? Would it be possible to access such information from linux too? Maybe something in /proc, who knows. Oh, and since we're on the topic: did anybody of you experience problems with your batteries, such as overheating, swelling and such? Thanks for reading so far! P.S.: Btw, isn't it sweet to get a free battery after almost three years of usage... -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
