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    For those who run W7 in a MBP, what battery life do you usually get?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by uluvbs, Jan 24, 2010.

  1. uluvbs

    uluvbs Notebook Consultant

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    Please specify which MBP you have and whether you use Boot Camp, Parallels, or Fusion.

    Thank you!
     
    uluvbs, Jan 24, 2010
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    With Boot Camp, I get around 3 hours with my MBP 13.
     
    Random1337, Jan 24, 2010
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  3. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    Boot Camp: 2:14 (add 5 minutes with Bluetooth off)
    Parallels: 3:25 (same as OS X, but a little less due to processor usage).
     
    D3X, Jan 24, 2010
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  4. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    @D3X: how do you get so much time??i barely get 2hours with powersaver mode on and screen brightness set to mid.
     
    Luke1708, Jan 25, 2010
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    I get about 3.5 hours on win7 with wifi on and bluetooth off with the June 2009 update MBP 15" (9600 GT 256MB). It can be pushed out to about 4.25 hours if you're really careful and turn off wifi as well as dim the screen and backlighting.
     
    GizmoSlip, Jan 25, 2010
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  6. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    you lucky thing. i hope my mac breaks down before my apple care ends.
     
    Luke1708, Jan 25, 2010
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  7. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    Real aggressive battery saving... Undervolting using RMClock, underclocking 9600, SSD, brightness set to the lowest, running only web browsers etc. Besides, I bought a brand new battery. My other one which is about 90% capacity does about 1:45... not good.
     
    D3X, Jan 25, 2010
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  8. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    have you ever tried udervolting using nibitor? I have tried it but my windows crashed everytime i tried to read the bios. it would not even detect my bootable flash drive when i tried to back up my gpu bios.
     
    Luke1708, Jan 25, 2010
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    That's it? I thought mbps are supposed to last up to 6-7 hours on OS X
     
    bananaboi, Jan 25, 2010
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    so far im geting inbetween 4 and 5 hours, and i only got mine a few days ago,

    luke have u tried recalibrating ur battery
     
    stephen0205, Jan 25, 2010
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  11. Luke1708

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    no, i will have to recalibrate it. 4-5 hours? what mac do you have? the 13" pro? the 9400m increases battery life a lot on these machines. mine's locked on the 9600m gt.
     
    Luke1708, Jan 25, 2010
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    stephen, please post which MBP you have, as well as Boot Camp/Parallels/Fusion.
     
    uluvbs, Jan 25, 2010
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  13. D3X

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    Yep, that's it. Mine is a late 2008 though, so I don't have the higher capacity Mid 2009 machines that last 4-5 hours.
     
    D3X, Jan 25, 2010
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    My UMBP can get about 2.5 hours in Windows 7 Side. That's in Power Saver mode with backlighting all the way down and just light web browsing. It's lower than what I would've expected. On OS X, I can get about 4-5 hours depending on what I do. Overall it's not too bad. Usually I switch back and forth between OS X and Windows 7 during the day so it could be better.
     
    acarnes, Jan 25, 2010
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  15. Luke1708

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    im still waiting the famous gpu switch for windows. even if it requires a windows restart, it doesnt matter. at least the functionality will be enabled. the 9400m runs so much cooler. even if it runs at 60c, its no problem. i've seen worse. btw, my temps have decrease to mid 60's after the recent bootcamp update. it's quite nice.
     
    Luke1708, Jan 26, 2010
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