MacBook - How much battery life you get?

aparcedoluis · aparcedoluis #1 (**permalink**)

04-15-2009, 10:48 AM

How much battery life you get with the new aluminum 13" macbook, i get like 2 hours that sucks.... let me hear your opinions..

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #2 (**permalink**)

04-15-2009, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by aparcedoluis

How much battery life you get with the new aluminum 13" macbook, i get like 2 hours that sucks.... let me hear your opinions..

You need to explain what you're doing on your computer!

If you're playing high end games or watching DVD's...that will suck up a lot of battery power.

But if your just doing word processing & spreadsheet work...then 2 hours would not be very good.

- Nick

aparcedoluis · aparcedoluis #3 (**permalink**)

04-15-2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by pigoo3

You need to explain what you're doing on your computer!

If you're playing high end games or watching DVD's...that will suck up a lot of battery power.

But if your just doing word processing & spreadsheet work...then 2 hours would not be very good.

- Nick

Im just chatting on microsoft messenger, surfing the web, downloading stuff, that's about it..

livinitup1 · livinitup1 #4 (**permalink**)

04-15-2009, 11:33 AM

How long have you had the Macbook? Turn off bluetooth and airport if you don't need it and turn your brightness down to the lowest setting you can use it on. Then charge your computer completely and see how much more time you get out of it.

CrimsonRequiem · CrimsonRequiem #5 (**permalink**)

04-16-2009, 04:45 AM

3-4 hrs and I'm doing digital paintings with a wacom tablet with photoshop running in the background.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #6 (**permalink**)

04-16-2009, 05:09 AM

Read this review and the part on the next page. That will give you a pretty good idea on what a Macbook new should be getting under different types of usage.

AnandTech: Apple's Redesigned MacBook and MacBook Pro: Thoroughly Reviewed

Rcynic · Rcynic #7 (**permalink**)

04-21-2009, 07:27 AM

As said, turn off airport if you are not using it, and the bluetooth too. Also i suppose if you correctly close applications you are not using by Command+Q then you can conserve batt.

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #8 (**permalink**)

04-21-2009, 02:51 PM

How old is the battery and more importantly have you calibrated it - see this Mac OS X 10.5 Help: Calibrating a MacBook or MacBook Pro battery

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Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,771 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	04-16-2009, 05:09 AM Read this review and the part on the next page. That will give you a pretty good idea on what a Macbook new should be getting under different types of usage. AnandTech: Apple's Redesigned MacBook and MacBook Pro: Thoroughly Reviewed ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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aparcedoluis #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 09, 2009 Posts: 33	04-15-2009, 10:48 AM How much battery life you get with the new aluminum 13" macbook, i get like 2 hours that sucks.... let me hear your opinions..
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livinitup1 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 16, 2008 Posts: 314	04-15-2009, 11:33 AM How long have you had the Macbook? Turn off bluetooth and airport if you don't need it and turn your brightness down to the lowest setting you can use it on. Then charge your computer completely and see how much more time you get out of it.
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Rcynic #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 14, 2009 Posts: 25 Mac Specs: MacBook 13" 2.0 GHZ 10.6.1	04-21-2009, 07:27 AM As said, turn off airport if you are not using it, and the bluetooth too. Also i suppose if you correctly close applications you are not using by Command+Q then you can conserve batt.
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Collin Bl #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	04-21-2009, 02:51 PM How old is the battery and more importantly have you calibrated it - see this Mac OS X 10.5 Help: Calibrating a MacBook or MacBook Pro battery
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