[ltp] Average Thinkpad T40 battery life

[Crispin Cowan]

Big battery, or small?

Crispin

Binary Xerroz wrote:

> Using APM or ACPI what is your average battery life?
> APM: 3 hours doing suring, wifi, etc
> ACPI:
> C3: doing nothing because no wifi; nearly 5 hours with dimmed
> C2: same as APM (almost the exact same)
>
> I believe a problem in APM (atleast the Thinkpad APM bios) exists that 
> runs the processor in an ACPI C2 equivilant. The reason i believe that 
> this exists is due to a friend having a T40 (few months older) getting 
> nearly 5 hours with APM!!!
>
> Anyway look forward to your responses.
>
> PS: do you think youll buy a Thinkpad again?
>
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