Estimated Battery Life of Each iBook Model: EveryMac.com

iBook Q&A - Published June 13, 2007

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What is the battery life of the iBook models?

The estimated battery life -- as promoted by Apple -- for each iBook model is provided on the specs page for each system of interest. However, for your convenience, this information also is provided in this handy chart below:

iBook	Battery Type	Battery Life
G3/300 (Original/Clamshell)	45 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G3/366 SE (Original/Clamshell)	45 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G3/366 (Firewire/Clamshell)	50 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G3/466 SE (Firewire/Clamshell)	50 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G3/500 (Dual USB - Tr)	42 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/500 (Late 2001 - Tr)	42 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/600 (Late 2001 - Tr)	42 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/600 14-Inch (Early 2002 - Tr)	56 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G3/600 (16 VRAM - Tr)	47 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/700 (16 VRAM - Tr)	47 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/700 14-Inch (16 VRAM - Tr)	55 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G3/700 (16 VRAM - Op)	47 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/800 (32 VRAM - Tr)	47 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/800 14-Inch (32 VRAM - Tr)	55 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G3/800 (Early 2003 - Op)	47 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/900 (Early 2003 - Op)	47 W/Hr LiIon	5 Hours
G3/900 14-Inch (Early 2003 - Op)	55 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/800 12-Inch (Original - Op)	50 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/933 14-Inch (Original - Op)	61 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/1.0 14-Inch (Original - Op)	61 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/1.0 12-Inch (Early 2004 - Op)	50 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/1.0 14-Inch (Early 2004 - Op)	61 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/1.2 14-Inch (Early 2004 - Op)	61 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/1.2 12-Inch (Late 2004 - Op)	50 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/1.33 14-Inch (Late 2004 - Op)	61 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/1.33 12-Inch (Mid-2005 - Op)	50 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours
G4/1.42 14-Inch (Mid-2005 - Op)	61 W/Hr LiIon	6 Hours

If your iBook is no longer holding a charge like it did when it was new, a replacement battery would be a wise purchase. Site sponsor Other World Computing sells a variety of batteries for the iBook and other Apple notebooks.

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