On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:25:49 GMT, Don Bruder wrote:



Dunno if it's still true in PC-land - I've been living in a Mac world
for a LONG time now - but when I was playing with them years ago, the

I've always wondered why the batteries in macs run down so quickly. I
rarely see a PC newer than 10 years old with a bad battery, but I
consistently see 3-5 year old macs with totally dead clock batteries.
Macs even have a much larger (and more expensive) lithium cell than
most PCs. I've seen a few 15 year old 486's with the same type and
brand battery used by apple that still measures full voltage.

I think the answer to the original question is just no quality control
for clock accuracy. My current PC is pretty accurate, but it's still
not as good a cheap watch.
Andy Cuffe

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