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Article: PowerBook power management: learn how to squeeze every minute of battery life from your PowerBook. (Apple notebook computer) (includes related article on NiCad batteries and memory effect) (Tutorial)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- June 1, 1994
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 Mac Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The overriding fear of most PowerBook users when they're on the road is that their battery will run out of power before they finish their work.
Advice on how to prolong PowerBook battery life abounds, much of it based on speculation rather than actual testing and measurements. To get definitive answers, Macworld Lab tested battery life under a variety of conditions to learn which steps really save power and which steps offer minor improvements or no improvement at all. Our tests simulate real-world use except in one area: we could not include sleep in the process, because our tests are automated through software for precise repeatability. (Once the PowerBook was in ...