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    Aluminum Macbook 2ghz Battery Life

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by SDYanksFan, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. SDYanksFan

    SDYanksFan Notebook Guru

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    Just wondering what kind of battery life I should be expecting on the new Macbook with Airport on, bluetooth off, and screen about half way dimmed. I thought the battery life was close to 4 hours but it's estimating closer to 3. It's actually bouncing between 2:55 and 3:05 for the past few mins. Anything else I can/should be doing to extend the life?
     
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    Colton Also Proudly American

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    I would say the battery life for the 2.0GHz MB should be around 4+ hours. On my Alu-MB 2.4GHz, I get about 3:45 hours of battery life with screen on halfway, back-lighting on about halfway, and Airport on, and Bluetooth off. Without the backlit keyboard on the 2.0GHz model, you should get about 10-15 minutes more battery life.
     
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    Hmm... I hope I didn't screw it up by doing their recommended completely drain and charge on the first use...
     
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    No you didn't screw up. Apple recommends to calibrate their batteries when you first get your machine, and mabye once a month after that. Calibration helps the battery calculator calculate how much charge you can hold on that battery.
     
    Colton, Dec 22, 2008
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