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How to get up to 7 hours life?
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<blockquote data-quote="manymanymacs" data-source="post: 1020364" data-attributes="member: 120901"><p>To advance your battery's life, try these things:</p><p>Turn off AirPort. This uses maybe 20% of your power on wireless transmitting.</p><p>Use TextEdit instead of MS Word. It uses less CPU and power.</p><p>Dim the screen. As long as you can see it without hurting yourself, you're fine.</p><p>Remove any external HDs/CDDs/DVDDs. They all drain power from the main battery.</p><p>Customize your settings in the 'Energy Saver' Preferences.</p><p>Don't play 3D games or run intensive graphs, they require heavy work from the graphics card, which uses lots of power.</p><p>Check this forum less often <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="manymanymacs, post: 1020364, member: 120901"] To advance your battery's life, try these things: Turn off AirPort. This uses maybe 20% of your power on wireless transmitting. Use TextEdit instead of MS Word. It uses less CPU and power. Dim the screen. As long as you can see it without hurting yourself, you're fine. Remove any external HDs/CDDs/DVDDs. They all drain power from the main battery. Customize your settings in the 'Energy Saver' Preferences. Don't play 3D games or run intensive graphs, they require heavy work from the graphics card, which uses lots of power. Check this forum less often :). Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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