The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Battery question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by j0hnwall, Dec 14, 2013.

  1. j0hnwall

    j0hnwall Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    103
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Any fix to battery going down really fast when using Chrome? I'm just doing basic web browsing but it seems chrome drains my battery like crazy.
     
    j0hnwall, Dec 14, 2013
    #1
  2. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

    Reputations:
    5,036
    Messages:
    12,168
    Likes Received:
    3,134
    Trophy Points:
    681
    I'd check to see how much CPU Chrome uses. If it's constantly demanding an unreasonable amount of CPU cycles, try to figure out what might be causing it (disable plugins, etc.). Try using different browsers too to see if it's just Chrome being a CPU hog.
     
    Jarhead, Dec 14, 2013
    #2
  3. j0hnwall

    j0hnwall Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    103
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Yea, I figured it's Chrome but I can't see myself switching to a different browser because the extensions/add-ons/apps are so useful. Firefox has all these but I'm so integrated to Chrome now...thanks for the reply!
     
    j0hnwall, Dec 15, 2013
    #3
  4. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    4,879
    Messages:
    8,926
    Likes Received:
    4,707
    Trophy Points:
    431
    If you have a MacBook with dual GPUs, Chrome might be doing something that's triggering the discreet GPU. Install the app gfxcardstatus to monitor the GPU's behavior.
     
    saturnotaku, Dec 15, 2013
    #4
  5. j0hnwall

    j0hnwall Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    103
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Mine's just the 13in one so I believe it only has the one Intel Iris card.
     
    j0hnwall, Dec 26, 2013
    #5