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A simple trick to conserve laptop battery power
Authored by: shoelzer on Dec 08, '05 07:53:18AM

I have to wonder if the poster actually timed this and had an improvement or just watched the battery life indicator as robg mentioned.

I'm pretty sure that the LCD backlight uses more power than the LCD itself. Therefore, dimming the display is the easiest way to get a real improvement in battery life.



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A simple trick to conserve laptop battery power
Authored by: k2skiing on Dec 08, '05 11:04:28PM
i have a 5 month old ibook and when i turn the brighness down my battery goes from 3 hours to 6 hours based on that alone

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