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Mac Book Pro battery running times ..

Feb 21, 2006 2:21PM PST

A user in a German Mac forum has posted battery running times for his MBP. Pretty interesting, I must say.

NOTE: This site is in German, and is linked through Google's translator. The English is not very good.

http://tinyurl.com/ndbwh

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Thanks for the link
Feb 21, 2006 10:26PM PST

The times seem better than I was expecting, ESPECIALLY with the screen at full brightness. I only get about 2.5 hours on full brightness with my PB17, less if watching a DVD.

Dallas Ron

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That's about how much I get too
Feb 21, 2006 11:01PM PST

on my PB 15" (about 2 hours or so). It would be cool if those times are fairly accurate. I had always been curious about the battery life, since Apple says that the MBP display is brighter than current G4 PowerBooks.