I bought a 15" macbook pro last summer (July 2010) But it seems I never really get the battery life other people seem to get, at around half brightness and only having chrome open I get an estimated 4 hour battery life, which is nothing compared to others who have gotten >5 hours watching a movies from what I've seen on the forums. My battery life has always been like this. Is it a defect?
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Chrome forces the Nvidia GPU to be used which kills battery life. I only use Chrome when plugged in, on battery I use Safari. I think firefox will also use the Intel GPU, so you should be safe with Firefox or Safari.
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masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook
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if you prefer chrome, you can use this to force your computer to use intel graphics.
Macbook Pro i5 Low Battery Life?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by goalieman077, Jan 19, 2011.