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    Haswell macbook air 13 inch battery question...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Kamzan, Dec 17, 2013.

  1. Kamzan

    Kamzan Notebook Deity

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    So i got myself a macbook air 13 inch with haswell i5.... apple claim battery is capable of giving 12 working hours.
    I am no fool , I do realise it is under certain circumstances... however, when I have my macbook air charged to 100% unplug it... have screen brightness to 100% and downloading some update on steam , it says i have 5:42 hours left of battery runtime... can 100% brightness and downloading something in background decrease the battery by 6-7 hours ???

    I also noticed that the time is 100% true... it changes all the time for when the battery percentage is going down... like at 60% it will say 6 hours left... and i have changed nothing... even though at 100% it was 5 hours and 42 minutes...

    should i be worried or this is normal ?
     
    Kamzan, Dec 17, 2013
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  2. flingin

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    Battery life indicator refreshes not every 1 second.

    Your laptops power draw is different in each second, mainly because of the CPU Turboboost that adjusts the clock all in real time - all the time. Even if the laptop idles, Turboboost can bump the clock for 2- 3 seconds, because of other program/s in the background needs to do something....

    Yes, LCD on max brightness can reduce battery life dramatically, this is the most power hungry element of every laptop, also, WiFi is second in power hungriness just after LCD. Using both to their full potential EG max brightness/heavy downloading/browsing will decrease battery life, in some cases, yes, by way more than 50% :)
     
    flingin, Dec 17, 2013
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  3. Kamzan

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    thanks for the explaining , guess apple should advertise this as well :)
    don't know many people who use 50% brightness when browsing... or am i wrong..
     
    Kamzan, Dec 17, 2013
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    about 75% here.
     
    KCETech1, Dec 19, 2013
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    Depends on the lighting. I use around 25% a lot of the time because I like darker rooms.
     
    doh123, Dec 19, 2013
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  6. Kamzan

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    is there some sort of test that can be done , to test the battery on my macbook air ?
     
    Kamzan, Dec 19, 2013
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