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[Alex Wilson <alex AT awstudios.net>]

On 11/11/04 10:16 PM, "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com> wrote:

> I'm curious.  What is the battery life on the new mac laptops?  I get over 4
> hours on a single charge on my Centrino Dell Latitude D-800.  This is normal
> use.  Playing a DVD pulls much more power but I can still easily watch a
> movie and have power to spare.  Centrino rocks.

At the time, a Dell needed to swap out a drive for a second battery to come
close to the life of an iBook, and the weight addition didn't make it worth
it. With over 4 hours, it sounds like x86 has got an efficient processor
going on these days. iBooks still get better battery life than PowerBooks,
but I can get 4 hours or more with regular use on my 12" iBook. But since
that was my major reason for not buying a Windows-based laptop at the time,
I'm not sure I would have switched had the Centrinos been out in 2001.

Alex. 

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