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Muahaha! I rule the world of notebook batteries!
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Holy sh**!!!
What did you do, combine every MBP battery?
... Just a thought, if it does that again, you might want to tell Apple...unless it's really that good of a battery, which in that case, keep it a secret or you could have some demanding MBP owners break in.
What did you do, combine every MBP battery?
... Just a thought, if it does that again, you might want to tell Apple...unless it's really that good of a battery, which in that case, keep it a secret or you could have some demanding MBP owners break in.Mine always does that - about 1000 hours occasionally. It only lasts a few seconds after waking up from sleep though, before a more accurate reading is displayed.
Do you have a MBP as well? I have a Black Macbook C2D and it doesn't do that...ever
the most mine ever says when that happens is like 7 hours. then it says about 4 and a half after waking up, which really means it has about three hours.
laptop battery life: something that always seems to suck.
laptop battery life: something that always seems to suck.
How did you get your hard drives icon to change to what your computer is? Ha...I want an MBP for my HD icon.
I'm a little dissapointed there was no 1000 hour extended battery announced at MacWorld.
That coulda been the One More Thing!
That coulda been the One More Thing!
Used to get up to 4 with my newly replaced battery. Now for some reason I am getting around 3.5hrs. (with no applications running and all energy settings at low)
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21718 Just download the icon set and change your icon. Hope this helps
Don't flatter yourself. This happens when the computer is still getting an accurate reading of the battery charge left. It happens to all Apple portables.
no, I'm not at all worried. I plan to sell my battery for millions and then take over the world with my mad qt4 compiling skillz
Both are 'real' pictures. The top is on my MacBook Pro, 15", rev a, 2.0 GHz. Everything was on max power saving, AirPort and Bluetooth off, with a brand new battery right after calibration. Screen on minimum brightness. It had been on battery for about 3 minutes at this point, I waited until it had settled down.
Second is my old 12" PowerBook, rev a, 867 MHz, same conditions.
edit: Whoops, didn't mean to in-line such big pics. Click on the new ones to see the full screen versions.
Now... can anyone explain why my iMac randomly turns itself on and stayed on during a mini powercut?
You mean after a power shortage it turns itself back on?
System prefs » energy saver » options » unckeck "restart automatically after power failure" (assuming you have tiger) If not it should be similarly placed