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Why'd the capacity go down?

Maybe they realized they didn't need as big as a battery to get the same battery life.
 
The way I see it is that they got 5 hours of listed battery life on the old one, on 8600M GT. Now they get 4 hours on the 9600M GT.
 
raymondu999 said:
The way I see it is that they got 5 hours of listed battery life on the old one, on 8600M GT. Now they get 4 hours on the 9600M GT.
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The low power mode using the 9400M G is used to regain that 5 hour battery life. ;)

It's a little workaround to save on weight.
 
dukebound85 said:
why not have a bigger batt and longer batt life then?
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Its already been said multiple times - weight. The new MBP is already heavier than the old one, and they probably didn't want to make it even heavier if they could keep the same battery life in power saving mode. Maybe they'll manage to squeeze another cell in the same sized battery and release an accessory - who knows (though I doubt it).
 
Keep hoping for some higher capacity aftermarket batteries as well. Fun times on with the PowerBook G4 Ti and iBook super capacity here.
 
Would it be possible...to have an aftermarket company develop a bigger battery that spans the whole length of the user access area, and allow a huge capacity while deleting the Superdrive and throwing the primary HDD in there to make up for the missing one on the main slot?

Or will it not boot because they're master/slave?
 
fs454 said:
Would it be possible...to have an aftermarket company develop a bigger battery that spans the whole length of the user access area, and allow a huge capacity while deleting the Superdrive and throwing the primary HDD in there to make up for the missing one on the main slot?

Or will it not boot because they're master/slave?
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I think you're better off carrying a generator with you everywhere you go. Seriously, how much more battery life do you need than 4 to 5 hours? As far as I know, that's the longest battery life you can get out of most notebooks. The only way they'll extend that is to stop bumping CPU speeds for about a year, which you know won't happen.
 
Lol... you know what image just cropped up in my mind?

"Tony Stark, was able to build this. IN A CAVE!! WITH SCRAPS!!"

Maybe we need the schematics of his arc reactor to put in notebooks? :p
 
Actually it could be a hell of a lot simpler... did anyone ever thought the new system is more economical on energy? But having said that, i guess apple could of left the extra cell in and increased the usage?

Anyway talking about battery capacities... I have two identical battery packs (model no: A1175) one taken from the Merom the other from the newer Penryn. According to Coconut Battery one has a Original capacity of 5600mAh while the other 5500mAh:eek: Is there something wrong with the newer cell you think? What should it be??
 
raymondu999 said:
Lol... you know what image just cropped up in my mind?

"Tony Stark, was able to build this. IN A CAVE!! WITH SCRAPS!!"

Maybe we need the schematics of his arc reactor to put in notebooks? :p
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LOL I think we need to revisit the difference between real and make believe :)
 
raymondu999 said:
Lol... you know what image just cropped up in my mind?

"Tony Stark, was able to build this. IN A CAVE!! WITH SCRAPS!!"

Maybe we need the schematics of his arc reactor to put in notebooks? :p
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Steve Jobs: "The truth is........ . . . . I am Aluminum Man!"

[insert theme music, crows cheering]

John Ives "Actually, it's aluminium....."

[silence]

Steve Jobs: "What's that, UniBody Man?"

John Ives "The word is pronounced alumi-" [BANG] "..............."

Steve Jobs: "Anyone else have any opinions?"

[silence. guards clean up the stage.]

Steve Jobs: "One more thing....."

[presents new macbook pro]

Steve Jobs: "We think we've outdone ourselves this time! We really have. I'd love to show you what we've come up with, and here it is. It's .2 inches thin, the thinnest notebook ever! It's made of one block of aluminum, it's got the new FireWire 10, 000 port, not available anywhere else until 2012, and we think this is especially the killer app: No screen.

No more screen! This means you have more space on your desk, and the least amount of glare you could imagine! Incredible isn't it? And it starts... at just $9,999. And we think it's a pretty doggone amazing machine. Just look at that. Awesome. And there it is. Side. Front. Back. See the keyboard there. The iSight is right behind the 7 key. And it's shipping... tomorrow.

Thanks for coming!"

[flies away in aluminum suit]
 
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