[rescue] powerbook g4

[Ross Alexander]

> > What's the battery life like on the G4?
> 
> Not the five hours that Apple claims.
> 
> About 2 hours is the minimum I've had, and that is viewing DVD's full 
> screen.
> 
> I've gotten a little better than 3 hours once, running nothing more 
> than a word processor and a web browser against the local apache 
> server.  No network connections enabled.  Running iTunes will eat into 
> that quite a bit.
> 
> I suppose I average 2.5 hours having iTunes running, a few terminal 
> sessions, network connection enabled (but not airport!), email client & 
> web browser.

I get 2.5 ~ 3 hours on my 400 mhz Ti running xterm, chimera, & airport.

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Ross Alexander
ross at two-cats.net