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battery life on safari
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Battery life is determined by many factors.
This should answer most if not all of your battery questions. Compliments of GGJstudios. Apple Notebook Battery FAQ
This should answer most if not all of your battery questions. Compliments of GGJstudios. Apple Notebook Battery FAQ
I am using a tata indicom plug2surf modem
btw my usage when the screenshot was taken was extremely light
Your wireless USB 3G stick will chew through power pretty readily, also get a browser that supports FlashBlocker.
To me the biggest Q is whether or not you use Adobe Flash?
My battery-life improved dramatically when I installed the click-to-flash plug-in on Safari.
On the downside, the temperature in my flat went down several degrees (Celsius) when I stopped using Flash.
My battery-life improved dramatically when I installed the click-to-flash plug-in on Safari.
On the downside, the temperature in my flat went down several degrees (Celsius) when I stopped using Flash.
I use Safari, and have clicktoflash installed > i try to stay 50 feet away from flash at all times.lol
btw its just a CDMA 1x modem...
anyways - coudnt it technically not take more then 5v? the max of usb?
btw its just a CDMA 1x modem...
anyways - coudnt it technically not take more then 5v? the max of usb?
Battery life takes a huge hit,while using plug 2 surf modems,have experienced it first hand.
That is primarily your source of low battery life.
Regarding the 5V,i think your right about that being maximum a usb port supplies.
The max of USB is 2,5W or 500mAmps at 5V.
It probably takes even a little less but still a lot more than you think.
You have a 60Wh to achieve 7h your notebook must use only 8.5W on average.
Now add just 1W. With 80% charge you end up with 5h.
Simply pluging in a USB stick keeps the notebook from saving energy by shutting down all the USB ports as well as putting to sleep all the responsible controllers and stuff and again it is CDMA which needs more energy than Wifi for the simple reason that it needs to transmit over much greater distance.
Also if you don't need the backlight keyboard turn it off entirely. While half/min or max backlit keyboard makes little difference. Between on and off is almost around 0.5-0.8W. It is a farily useless feature anyway. Turn on some lights that is much healthier for your eyes every eye doctor will tell you that.
It probably takes even a little less but still a lot more than you think.
You have a 60Wh to achieve 7h your notebook must use only 8.5W on average.
Now add just 1W. With 80% charge you end up with 5h.
Simply pluging in a USB stick keeps the notebook from saving energy by shutting down all the USB ports as well as putting to sleep all the responsible controllers and stuff and again it is CDMA which needs more energy than Wifi for the simple reason that it needs to transmit over much greater distance.
Also if you don't need the backlight keyboard turn it off entirely. While half/min or max backlit keyboard makes little difference. Between on and off is almost around 0.5-0.8W. It is a farily useless feature anyway. Turn on some lights that is much healthier for your eyes every eye doctor will tell you that.