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    MacBook Air 11.6" battery life in Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sugo, Nov 15, 2010.

  1. sugo

    sugo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any MacBook Air 11.6" owners willing to share their battery life in bootcamp Windows 7? Thanks.
     
    sugo, Nov 15, 2010
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I think some owners said they get around 4-4.5 hours.
     
    Nick, Nov 15, 2010
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  3. Natadiem

    Natadiem Notebook Evangelist

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    4-4.5 hours with full brightness on my 11.6 MBA.
     
    Natadiem, Nov 17, 2010
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  4. Redline

    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    In Windows? No way...I didn't get anywhere near 5 hours, closer to 3...
     
    Redline, Nov 18, 2010
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    Naix Notebook Consultant

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    0 hours with flash player
     
    Naix, Nov 18, 2010
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    teeth_03 Notebook Evangelist

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    wow,is battery life really that bad? Hell,my AMD powered lenovo gets better than that...
     
    teeth_03, Nov 18, 2010
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    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    had my sisterinlaws unit for a day hers gave 3:12 with 50% brightness and light work in Access. and e-mail
     
    crazycanuk, Nov 19, 2010
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    YukonTrooper Newbie

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    Pretty weak battery life on the 11.6", which is really too bad. 13.3" has good battery life, though.
     
    YukonTrooper, Nov 23, 2010
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    altecX Notebook Deity

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    Apple has never been good at quality Windows drivers. If they ever made good drivers you could easily break the 5 mark. I've played with the power settings, and installed drivers direct from the hardware makers on my MBP and gained a nice chunk of time(30min+), but if the Power drivers were done right from the start they would run longer.
     
    altecX, Nov 24, 2010
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