F11 preview - Battery duration

[Gireesh]

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:18 AM, iarly selbir | ski0s <iarlyy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not believing, my laptop has a battery of 4 cells, after I enable on
> power management applet the Xtreme power save mode, my battery duration goes
> from 2 hours of duratin to 14 hours... uaaaaall
>

The change to DeviceKit means the power applets read the battery info
incorrectly in some cases. My battery used to show negative capacity
for a while before a bug was fixed.

While recent power savings in F11 do seem to make up some gains, 2
hours to 14 hours on a 4 cell battery is simply unbelievable.

The only way to confirm is to ofcourse let your laptop run till it
powers off without battery. Do save your work *before* 2 hours and
file a bug if the laptop switches off anytime sooner than 14 hours ;-)

PS: If it really goes on to run for 14 hours, I would be very
interested in knowing the laptop model.

-- 
Gireesh