From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 09:39:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45492106564A for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:39:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demelier.david@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C14658FC16 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:39:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so732403bwz.13 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:39:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1S9T9tZGhOooBepuU2WNZdTK3cQ1xKGym1UeKeQZ8oE=; b=tguMv49EeAmzBXv2mz1ajsQZ5fAU0vwJENrBkYwgBfjR7VW+ek2VKAzDl/3ERvzaFk MBaUAQuOOCYi0NlxFBb8VzaeC39H08FrRYWXH9BAbvUDmjx8L5l4gUeVHCgdFWdFuWJv iiUyYSLbFj+90y+RssZBwa2N2aft5DBb57U7w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JKfYjVvqcDUPjmcpZV85a9o/rChD6XRQMOsX8PEa2QwO4k5S0btlIhutwG445dDY6y zTqW5IS/0w3AtazENjFDgBxERuqCOMraAKh0Ok4vJsTTmzdbd0TkDeGFBKsiYdg8WTQt T+G91p4bE9GZ1bJd0ElmUN/uufETea7wtWIVs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.120.71 with SMTP id c7mr463013bkr.4.1290677993275; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:39:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.127.20 with HTTP; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:39:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20101124024133.07F28106575F@hub.freebsd.org> <20101124144746.H37255@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20101124111153.2cb2bfb1@core.draftnet> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:39:53 +0100 Message-ID: From: David DEMELIER To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Bruce Cran , Ian Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How long laptop battery should live ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:39:55 -0000 2010/11/24 Adam Vande More : > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:42 PM, David DEMELIER > 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 SS= D > drive.=C2=A0 I installed one in my old laptop w/ old worn battery and sys= tem > performance and battery life increased significantly all for less than yo= ur > new battery price.=C2=A0 There's a lot of advantages to SSD's in a laptop= . > > > -- > Adam Vande More > Yes, I would like to have SSD in my laptop but it's really expensive for the moment. But I completely agree, there is so much advantages : unbreakable, fast, ... --=20 Demelier David