How long does your ThinkPad 600 series battery last

[tomasvilda]

Hello,

I created this poll to know the average TP 600 battery life, if you have had more than one battery what was the avarage of them.

[Neil]

Sorry, I can't vote on this yet. When I bought my 770ED a few years ago, it didn't have a battery. So I went for a long time without one. Just got a battery a couple of months ago. And don't know, yet, how long it's going to last.

I'm more concerned with how long I can operate the PC on battery power. I'm only getting about 30 min. from full charge to shutdown.

[Neil]

Spoke too soon. Looks like my battery won't hold a charge anymore, after three months.

[warwound]

I got my 600E in May this year - 2005 - and it's battery was perfect for a month or so.
But by August it was slowly dying and it was completely dead by October.
So that (presumably used/recon) battery lasted between 3 and 6 months.

I ordered a new one on eBay yesterday and it arrived this morning.
Brand new 4200mAh with 12 month guarantee - cost me £35 plus £5 P&P = £40.

Been putting it through it's paces and i'm very pleased with it.
I have a USB hub with both bluetooth and wireless dongles in it - sometimes a webcam too. So i need a good power source to keep it all running for any real amount of time.

I'm in the UK by the way - anyone interested can find my eBay bargain here: http://tinyurl.com/7qb8h

warwound