01-09-2006, 08:57 PM

Just a heads up.. theres an upgrade for 15" Al powerbooks, hopefully it will actually work and make my battery last longer than 2 hours!

01-09-2006, 09:41 PM

battery life has to do a lot with your computers settings. i have the same computer as you and i can get 3hours+ no problem. make sure you cut your brightness down and turn on power-saving features under system preferences.

01-09-2006, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Biturbo V12 AMG

battery life has to do a lot with your computers settings. i have the same computer as you and i can get 3hours+ no problem. make sure you cut your brightness down and turn on power-saving features under system preferences.

i mean i know that part, but it really takes the fun out of the computer.. i have an astigmatism so when the computer screen gets lowered in brightness, it makes me really need to squint big time to be able to see things. My gf's 12" pb last 4 hours easy on full brightness

01-09-2006, 10:27 PM

When I ran the program for both of my batteries it said that they did not need the updater.. so oh well for that

01-09-2006, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by Murlyn

When I ran the program for both of my batteries it said that they did not need the updater.. so oh well for that

hmm.. maybe the newest revision pbs came with it already.. i remember one of the features of the new pbs was increased batt life.. maybe thats what this update did

01-10-2006, 01:24 PM

Is this specific for 15" PB's or is there something available for the 17"?

01-10-2006, 09:05 PM

on the actual software update box it said "battery update for 15" aluminum pbs" when i ran it, it also said update not needed.. wierd