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Is it though? I get that from my base model MacBook (2015).
by mrmondo 11y ago
Is it though? I get that from my base model MacBook (2015).
- ctvo 11y agoYou get 15 hours when Apple only claims 9 hours of battery life?
- pheroden 11y agoOh, absolutely. Use Safari, never use chrome. And don't play games. If you watch video, only watch h.264. I've often gotten 2 full days of work without plugging it in.
- hackaflocka 11y agoHow does one force the computer to watch video in h.264 please?
- rayiner 11y agoApple's claimed battery life is based on a workload heavier than just refreshing a web page every 30 seconds. My rMBP 15" is rated for 9 hours, but I usually get over 10 doing a mix of Office and Safari browsing.
- JTon 11y agoThat's a refreshing change from every other manufacturer. Microsoft definitely has not taken this route. The SP4s 9-Hr battery life has been overstated by many accounts(including my own)
- mcintyre1994 11y agoIsn't this device immensely more powerful than that? You're comparing a Core M to i series, integrated weak GPU to powerful dedicated GPU, Surface Book has a larger higher resolution display - to be comparable seems incredible. Admittedly Surface Book has a lot more space/weight for battery so it's not really a fair comparison either way you look at it. I'd be amazed if I could get my rMBP (2015) to pull 15 hours though which seems like a fair comparison on most fronts, so I'm definitely impressed.
- rayiner 11y agoOn Ars's reviews, the i5 Surface Book got 749 minutes in the light wifi browsing test, and the 2015 rMBP 13" got 794 minutes.
- mcintyre1994 11y agoThanks for pointing this out, my relative comparison is obviously off. I stand by the comment that the rMBP is the right comparison but presumably the 2015 Macbook would do even better in that test.
- wtetzner 11y ago> Isn't this device immensely more powerful than that? But it's also only claiming that battery life for "light usage", and so I suppose it depends on what that means.