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    Battery Meter Gadget

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by thedj, Nov 17, 2009.

  1. thedj

    thedj Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone know a good battery meter gadget that looks like this with the Percentage on it like this

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    This one above was edited on paint and I added the percentage on it, and want it to look like that, is there one that exists which looks like that?

    Here are some of the current ones I got, but cant find the one like above

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    thedj, Nov 17, 2009
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  2. tmerritt530

    tmerritt530 Notebook Guru

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    I use one that looks similar but is not a gadget.

    http://osirisdevelopment.com/BatteryBar/

    free version does just fine and it lives on the taskbar so you can see it at all times

    See what you think!
     

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  3. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    +1 for Battery Bar. It watches the current drain and does its own estimation of time left as well as the percent.

    Gary
     
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    Lol, the top one loos like the meter on my iPod touch when it's charging.
     
    Amnesiac, Nov 17, 2009
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  5. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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  6. thedj

    thedj Notebook Guru

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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    look at multimeter (google it please), it's designed to be end-user customizable. The originator recently dumped it into the open source dogpile.
     
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  8. StealthTH

    StealthTH Notebook Evangelist

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    Ahh, I love thinkpads (see attached image)

    For my non-Thinkpad friend I always install Battery Bar. Good little application.
     

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