Notebook Battery...

[Francois Ouellette]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter" <plp-ysDPMY98cNQDDBjDh4tngg at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Friday, 22 July, 2005 16:53
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Notebook Battery...
>
> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, James Golick wrote:
>
> > Anybody else had this experience?
>
> No, but what happens if you use the BIOS 'battery training' feature now
> ? Maybe the battery characteristics changed ?
>
> Peter
> --

I think that the battery meters (especially the one in Windoze) are grossly
optimistic and geared towards encouraging people to buy batteries!

I use a Thinkpad R31 with an oldish dual-speed P-III, when I use Win
XPensive I can barely work 2.5 hours before getting the warnings that my
machine will shutdown.

When using Linux FC3 (without any meter) I can happily work 4+ hours even at
full CPU speed with the disk spinning and a wireless card!

So, do not believe everything the battery monitors say...

  François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>






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