[ltp] X60 - (bad) experience, others?

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:00:14 +0100


On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:41:00 +0100, Nils Faerber wrote:

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> The standard battery that comes with it only lasts for 1.5h to max. 3h,
> but 3h means almost no CPU activity, backlight at lowest possible
> setting (almost unreadable) or off and all wireless turned off. If it
> shall be halfway usable the maximum I can get is 2.5h. Disappointing for
> a modern expensive mobile hardware - compare this to e.g. Apple's notebooks.

Ever heard of those MacBook pro owners who whine about < 2 hours of
battery runtime and 25-30 Watt power drain in Linux? :-)

I don't know if this is fixed meanwhile, though.

Regards,
Tino