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Max life from iBook battery

_pb_boi said:
Kershman - thanks for the info on the Powerbook waking from sleep. Appreciate that. Pretty darn fast, imho :)

Josepho - enjoy your new iBook mate :)

andy
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Don't worry... I will!

Let me know how yours goes, and I'll do the same! AE & BT = connectivity heaven!
 
not to go on another tangent

i noticed that you were all mentioned a sleeve that you use with your notebooks. i'm waiting for my PB to show up and want one of the tighter sleeves (like the incase or the sportfolio). which one do you have?
 
Sorry to re-hijack my own thread, but I just looked at my order on the Apple site... and it shipped, 3 days ago. Latest is that it's arrived in Luxembourg! Yeay!

Does anyone know if TNT ship at the weekend? Boy, I'm excited!
 
Does anyone know if TNT ship at the weekend? Boy, I'm excited!
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Yep, they ship 24/7 :) Hope it arrives soon for ya! I'll let you know how my Powerbook goes, for sure :)

i noticed that you were all mentioned a sleeve that you use with your notebooks. i'm waiting for my PB to show up and want one of the tighter sleeves (like the incase or the sportfolio). which one do you have?
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NBS2, I have the Tucano second skin Powerbook 12in sleeve case. It's superbly made, and the company I bought it off threw in some screen and body cleaner free. Excellent service. It's also only £17.00, plus shipping.

It's available from the apple.com/ukstore site, but not the US store, to the best of my knowledge. At one point, I actually had 2 cases sitting here - the Apple store gave me no order confirmation, so I ordered twice from them (second order was auto-cancelled) and the Amazon-delivered case. Ah well, I kept the Amazon one because Apple was much easier to return to. Excellent service.

Oh and Josepho - did you get Bluetooth BTO, or an adaptor? While my Powebrook has BT, I'm too stretched to afford an Airport Extreme Card, hehe! I'll see if I can get discount somehow :)

Andy
 
_pb_boi said:
Oh and Josepho - did you get Bluetooth BTO, or an adaptor? While my Powebrook has BT, I'm too stretched to afford an Airport Extreme Card, hehe! I'll see if I can get discount somehow :)

Andy
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Yeah, for me BT and AE are absolute necessities, so I got both built-in: BT for connecting to the net through my Sony Ericsson P900, and AE for home, and uni. As for the case, better order soon. I need a new bag for uni anyway, so the Roll-o-notes by Crumper should go down well, rather than just buying a sleeve. What'd you think?
 
and dude...they wake up in a snap...cant even measure the time...
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Hey Abhishekit - sorry, didn't acknowledge your response earlier. Thanks for the info man, much appreciated - can't wait I pick mine up now!

Josepho - definately, go for a full blown case if you're looking at buying a bag for uni anyway. My situation is a bit different - I already have a schoolbag which will do me fine until the end of lower sixth at least. So all I really want is a light sleeve case to put the Powerbook in, to keep the scratches away.

And then it's programme programme watch DVD programme! Woot! Oh, and mud some :)

Andy
 
_pb_boi said:
Yep, they ship 24/7 :) Hope it arrives soon for ya! I'll let you know how my Powerbook goes, for sure :)
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They might ship 24/7, but do they deliver at the weekend? I guess it could come tomorrow or else it might be Monday (I don't imagine they'd deliver Sundays). Either way - I'm happy. I wish it would update the status of the order, last update was 7.30am this morning, with it being received in Luxembourg :(
 
Hey, I just got a 12 inch iBook yesterday as well. Anyways, I wanted to know if there was a way to preserve the overall life of my battery. The battery in my old G3 PowerBook held the charge for 15 minutes before dying, and I'd like to avoid a repeat performance if possible. So when it stays at my desk next to the power adapter, is it better to keep it plugged in and the battery constantly full or is it better to completely drain it every single time?
 
And yes, OS X makes it very quick to come back from sleep. Those of you who were around back in the days of OS 9 know that it was not always that way. Pre-OS X notebooks took forever to come back from sleep.
 
mms said:
Hey, I just got a 12 inch iBook yesterday as well. Anyways, I wanted to know if there was a way to preserve the overall life of my battery. The battery in my old G3 PowerBook held the charge for 15 minutes before dying, and I'd like to avoid a repeat performance if possible. So when it stays at my desk next to the power adapter, is it better to keep it plugged in and the battery constantly full or is it better to completely drain it every single time?
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Well, I just read in this month's edition of Mac Format (UK) that you there's no reason really to discharge your iBook battery, as Lithium batteries don't suffer memory effect (like Nikel ones). They said you should maybe discharge it once every 30 charges, just to calibrate it, so that the computer can accurately report the battery time left.

Cheers!
 
New Powerbook

Josepho - did you get your new iBook?

If you did, hope you're really happy with it mate. Was it all you expected?

I got my Powerbook in the Apple Store Soho the day after I arrived in NYC, Tuesday. I figured what the heck and bought an AE card also - couldn't be happier. I love this machine to bits - makes me wonder why some people hold off and hold off! It's got so much more power than I even need. Using the internet through BT with my SE Z600 is a liberating experience, for sure.

One thing I would say, though - is a graphics card update going to help THPS4 lag? It tends to skip a lil bit, not much, but it's noticable when the game has been running for only a minute or two, even in 640x480 res?

I took so many photos of my PB lol - love it! Right not it's also holding 150 photos of our NYC trip :)

The heat is noticable - sitting with the Powerbook on my lap, it can sometimes get pretty darn hot, but it's not too much of a hassle, really. The machine is fast, and the BT and AE are both a dream. I'd recommend anybody waiting, who wants a machine now, to go right ahead and get it. The 12in screen is not a hassle at all, not even in the slightest.

And people love it! Walking through security w/ my pb to get on USS Intrepid museum, the guy opened the case to check inside. "Powerbook? Oh man, you can't go wrong with Apple. Got a G4 myself, gettin' a G5 next". Having coffee: "Can I see that? I've never seen such a small Apple. I had the 17in myself, this is SO small!"

Oh, and JFK had wired modem connections and laptop charger points looking out onto the runway. I packed my charger and cable - a mistake I'll never make again :)

andy
 
_pb_boi said:
Josepho - did you get your new iBook?

If you did, hope you're really happy with it mate. Was it all you expected?

I got my Powerbook in the Apple Store Soho the day after I arrived in NYC, Tuesday. I figured what the heck and bought an AE card also - couldn't be happier. I love this machine to bits - makes me wonder why some people hold off and hold off! It's got so much more power than I even need. Using the internet through BT with my SE Z600 is a liberating experience, for sure.

One thing I would say, though - is a graphics card update going to help THPS4 lag? It tends to skip a lil bit, not much, but it's noticable when the game has been running for only a minute or two, even in 640x480 res?

I took so many photos of my PB lol - love it! Right not it's also holding 150 photos of our NYC trip :)

The heat is noticable - sitting with the Powerbook on my lap, it can sometimes get pretty darn hot, but it's not too much of a hassle, really. The machine is fast, and the BT and AE are both a dream. I'd recommend anybody waiting, who wants a machine now, to go right ahead and get it. The 12in screen is not a hassle at all, not even in the slightest.

And people love it! Walking through security w/ my pb to get on USS Intrepid museum, the guy opened the case to check inside. "Powerbook? Oh man, you can't go wrong with Apple. Got a G4 myself, gettin' a G5 next". Having coffee: "Can I see that? I've never seen such a small Apple. I had the 17in myself, this is SO small!"

Oh, and JFK had wired modem connections and laptop charger points looking out onto the runway. I packed my charger and cable - a mistake I'll never make again :)

andy
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Damn straight. It came on Thursday... well, technically it came on Wednesday but I was enough of a doofus to sleep through the TNT guy ringing the bell... doh!

Thursday morning at about 11am was the start of my iBook experience. From what I saw, it was all that I'd hoped for. Later that day, when I'd set up the wireless internet connection in my house... then I saw that it was gonna be the perfect machine for me. I can take it anywhere... Although admittedly I haven't taken it out of the house yet.

Tomorrow (Monday) I'm gonna take it into uni - hook up to the network wirelessly - beautiful. Might even get some work done on it.

Another thing, the keys on the Powerbook must be pretty amazing the way people always say they're better than the iBook's. As far as I'm concerned the keyboard on this baby is ACE!

I'm really getting into the swing of the new interface, etc. Sure, there are a few things that take me a couple of seconds to think of... but that phase will pass. Actually, at work today (using Windows XP) I kept going to shut the window down in the left hand corner then though 'oops'. Lol ;)

Anyway, thanks for all your help guys - I know I made the right decision!

Cheers!
 
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