Re: What's the battery lifetime for a Mac laptop?

On 2005-12-30 15:45:32 -0800, "OM" <om.newsgroup@xxxxxxxxx> said:

I'm considering buying a Mac laptop.
Can someone tell me what the avergae lifetime is?
(I assume there are only a few variations of the laptops?)

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.


OM

You have absolutely no hope of getting a useful answer. It entirely depends on usage.

That being said, there are a few things to note:
- The G4 processor is pretty easy on the power draw
- that gets negated by the high quality screens that Apple uses. They are not so easy on the power
- the "sleep" system on the Powerbook is exceptional. I have not had it fail on me in a year. The system goes into a sleep state. I swap out the battery with a spare that is charged. The system is right as I left it. I can't say the same thing for the two Windows laptops I have had over the past 12 months.

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