15" Powerbook battery?

[excalibur313]

How long do your 15 1st ed al powerbooks last when unplugged from the wall. The 14 ibooks and 12 powerbooks get like 4 hours and i'm lucky if i can get like 2-2.5 hours on mine. Do you think that my battery is bad or do they just equip weaker batteries on the 15. I have all the powersaving features on and have the screen as dim as it will go.
Thanks,
Stephen

 

[Gherkin]

Rev A 15" Albooks are known for not-so-good battery life. That's why one of the upgrades for the Rev Bs was a larger capacity battery.

 

[cpjakes]

I just got down to about 20 minutes with my TiBook Rev. B original battery and bit the bullet and got a new one. It's a lot better. They seem to roll off pretty quickly down from that "4 hour" mark, especially on PowerBooks and then stay at around 2.5-3 for a while, then just crash.

To me, it wasn't worth the money until it was really annoying. I got the new battery, charged it, and then couldn't think of what to do with it once I had over 3 hours again.

 

[excalibur313]

where can you buy the batteries?

 

[mactastic]

Most places you can buy computers will sell or order batteries for you. Apple's online store can certainly help, as will an Apple store, or any authorized Apple reseller.

 

[cpjakes]

where can you buy the batteries?

Unless you really need the time, I wouldn't bother getting a new battery yet. Unless it drops to an hour or less really quickly, I think it's a bit of a waste. But personally I don't need to be wireless all the time. It might be different in your shoes...

cpjakes