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
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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