Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:49:08 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How long laptop battery should live ? Message-ID: <AANLkTimi=e2V_Gs4jZe7OAAYyaxPXzwjDxNaafLiOdrM@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=eKXnyU4wUCMtqorEoMCw4uH9ZB9AYDX%2BDRCQx@mail.gmail.com> References: <20101124024133.07F28106575F@hub.freebsd.org> <20101124144746.H37255@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTimUfy8T4CwoNsTdcOYK9nyVXPXstUQ6oEMX=knd@mail.gmail.com> <20101124111153.2cb2bfb1@core.draftnet> <AANLkTi=eKXnyU4wUCMtqorEoMCw4uH9ZB9AYDX%2BDRCQx@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:42 PM, David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks for all your answers, I guess my battery is getting on its end of > life.. > > After running 30 minutes on battery, the percent is still 100% while > the remaining time is slowly decreasing.. Aaaah buying a new battery > costs around $134 ! > > I think I could live a few months before buying a new one but it sucks :-/ > One thing I forgot to mention is that this might be a good case for an SSD drive. I installed one in my old laptop w/ old worn battery and system performance and battery life increased significantly all for less than your new battery price. There's a lot of advantages to SSD's in a laptop. -- Adam Vande More
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