Re: OT : How best to prolong iBook battery longevity (not Debian specific)

2003-01-01 Thread Rick Haines
My max charge is 2264. I had it go to sleep yesterday at around 33% (12" ibook, 100mhz bus, 60gb ibm hd). You think it's likely apple will replace the battery? On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 09:36:29AM +1100, Tim Bateman wrote: > That is interesting, thanks. My max charge was 3475 but I have an iBook

Re: OT : How best to prolong iBook battery longevity (not Debian specific)

2002-12-31 Thread J Q Private
Historically, "NiCad" and other rechargeable batteries had to be "deep cycled" (completely drained before recharging) in order to avoid "loss" in total battery charge. Generally, if you discharged to 10% before recharging, when you got back down to 10%, the battery pretty much thought it was empty

Re: OT : How best to prolong iBook battery longevity (not Debian specific)

2002-12-31 Thread Nicolas Lopez
On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 09:36:29AM +1100, Tim Bateman wrote: > That is interesting, thanks. My max charge was 3475 but I have an iBook > 12", is yours a 14" and thus the larger battery ? Nope 12.1, 500Mhz. I don't recall seeing the first battery over 4000 though. My fuzzy memory places it betwee

Re: OT : How best to prolong iBook battery longevity (not Debian specific)

2002-12-31 Thread Tim Bateman
That is interesting, thanks. My max charge was 3475 but I have an iBook 12", is yours a 14" and thus the larger battery ? Can anyone else post similar stats for a 12" iBook ? On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Nicolas Lopez wrote: > > The max_charge on the battery I've had for the past couple months was 418

Re: OT : How best to prolong iBook battery longevity (not Debian specific)

2002-12-31 Thread Nicolas Lopez
On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 05:00:09PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 10:40:22AM +1100, Tim Bateman wrote: > > > > Sorry this is slightly off topic but given recent discussions re iBook > > battery life I though this is worth asking here given the technical > > knowledge of the

Re: OT : How best to prolong iBook battery longevity (not Debian specific)

2002-12-30 Thread J. Volkmann
Chris Tillman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 10:40:22AM +1100, Tim Bateman wrote: > > > > What is the collected wisdom regarding prolonging the life of iBook > > batteries ? I've read elsewhere that it is best to keep the battery topped > > up and to not let it fall below

Re: OT : How best to prolong iBook battery longevity (not Debian specific)

2002-12-30 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 10:40:22AM +1100, Tim Bateman wrote: > > Sorry this is slightly off topic but given recent discussions re iBook > battery life I though this is worth asking here given the technical > knowledge of the audience. > > What is the collected wisdom regarding prolonging the life

OT : How best to prolong iBook battery longevity (not Debian specific)

2002-12-30 Thread Tim Bateman
Sorry this is slightly off topic but given recent discussions re iBook battery life I though this is worth asking here given the technical knowledge of the audience. What is the collected wisdom regarding prolonging the life of iBook batteries ? I've read elsewhere that it is best to keep the bat