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<blockquote data-quote="walmartconnect" data-source="post: 332648" data-attributes="member: 21669"><p>James,</p><p></p><p>You ought to check on your battery's capacity using <a href="http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/" target="_blank">Coconut Battery</a>. When your battery information says 2:35 remaining, does it really turn out to be 2:35? If not, you should also try <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284" target="_blank">calibrating your battery</a>. </p><p></p><p>About the six hours of battery life... I don't know if that is really realistic. With bluetooth turned off and wifi turned off as well I still only get about five hours of life maximum. It all depends on your usage. Something that is graphic or cpu intensive will obviously draw more power (games, dvds, heavy computing, ect.)</p><p></p><p>After 106 Loadcycles and 7 months of life for my Macbook I am at 95% of my original battery capacity.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I bring my macbook to class every day and get about 4.5 hours out of one charge with wireless on and brightness turned down to about 1/3, so it's not like it's bad or anything. I am generally very pleased with the battery life of my lappy :bone:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walmartconnect, post: 332648, member: 21669"] James, You ought to check on your battery's capacity using [URL="http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/"]Coconut Battery[/URL]. When your battery information says 2:35 remaining, does it really turn out to be 2:35? If not, you should also try [URL="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284"]calibrating your battery[/URL]. About the six hours of battery life... I don't know if that is really realistic. With bluetooth turned off and wifi turned off as well I still only get about five hours of life maximum. It all depends on your usage. Something that is graphic or cpu intensive will obviously draw more power (games, dvds, heavy computing, ect.) After 106 Loadcycles and 7 months of life for my Macbook I am at 95% of my original battery capacity. EDIT: I bring my macbook to class every day and get about 4.5 hours out of one charge with wireless on and brightness turned down to about 1/3, so it's not like it's bad or anything. I am generally very pleased with the battery life of my lappy :bone: [/QUOTE]
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