[Cialug] OT: New Macintosh Models

[Matthew Nuzum]

Wow, just found out about a new hidden feature it has... pretty slick.
http://www.9to5mac.com/macbook-missing-feature

I don't understand french well enough to figure out the key sequence
that enables this though.

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Matthew Nuzum<newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Rob Freiburger<rob at robfreiburger.com> wrote:
>> Did you calibrate the battery at all?
>>
>
> No, but I've run it down to nearly zero a couple times. The estimated
> time left changes depending on what I'm doing, presumably because I'm
> using it lightly. If I'm on calls and going back and forth
> infrequently between my notepad and my computer the estimated time
> fluctuates between 5 and 9 hours remaining (gradually wearing down
> over the day). I think that if you closed your lid when you knew you
> wouldn't use it for several min you could go all day on one charge.
>
> All considered, Apple is onto something. Relative to a normal laptop
> battery the pack in the mbp is quite large. Inside the machine the
> space is used very efficiently and there's not much room to spare.
>
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