you have had about 6 months of extra life.. for either 6 cell or 9 cell
battery..
usually, a battery will last at least one year..
more than that for a well exercised battery is good fortune.. :-)
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(from whitesands6)
----- Original Message -----
From: "benjamin grosser" <grosser@itg.uiuc.edu>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:31 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] typical battery life
>
> My standard-size T40 battery has started to show noticably-reduced
> battery life. It seems like I'm seeing around an hour on a full
> charge (using the 'word processing/email' profile) although I've never
> timed it.
>
> I've had the machine for about 18 months. Is this just what I should
> expect, and its time to get a new one?
>
> And if so, what's the realistic lifetime of the high-capacity battery?
>
> thanks,
> ben
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