So I finally replaced the battery on my old Stinkpad. So far, so good – battery meter still reads 98% and it’s been away from outlet for nearly 3 minutes now. This is gonna rock – previously, it would have been as low as 80% by now.
This, of course, means that I can use my computer completely cordlessly when in the student centre now – between the Wifi and a decent battery, I could conceivably sit at a table in the middle of nowhere and get Productive Work done.
Or, at least, get some Weebl and Bob in.
5 minutes gone and only down by 2%. Stressier tests to follow, but… damn, this rocks! Even 2 minutes per % would put me at over 3 hours per charge! And I haven’t even shut down the hard drive yet!
Of course, now that this problem has been resolved, I have to correct the minor issue of my PCS phone only getting about 6 hours standby and a minute of talk time before complaining of low battery. Placed a bid on a new battery – twice the capacity of the old one – on eBay (my first ever bid!) so I’ll know if I won it tomorrow, noonish.
Nearly 10 minutes out and only down 4%! YESSSS!!!!
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