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Apple removes the battery-remaining estimate from macOS 10.12.2
- brandon272 10y agoIn the last 6 months or so I have found the battery life time indicator to be really inaccurate whereas I have found it to be as accurate as you could expect such a measurement to be. I'm not sure what the culprit is but in that time frame I have switched from a Macbook Air to a Macbook Pro, as well as upgraded to Sierra. One thing I have noticed is that Finder seems to randomly begin running at 100% CPU for long periods of time as of late and I can't understand why.
- brandon272 10y agoI can't seem to edit my parent comment, but I meant to say that I previously found the countdown time to be as "accurate as you would expect the time to be" 6 months ago when I was using a Macbook Air and the previous version of macOS.
- roystonvassey 10y agoI wish I'd read the edit sooner. The original comment gave me a headache and I kept reading it over and over.
- iwritestuff 10y agoI program using eclipse and get all day battery life. I think the battery life issue is overhyped.
- 65827 10y agoBrand new account with half its comments praising the new MBP... sure ok chief. How much does one get paid for this type of work nowadays?
- iwritestuff 10y ago$0. Just tired of all the overhype. Buy one yourself. If you don't like it/battery sucks return it for Jan 8th and get something better suited for you.
- wmeredith 10y agoRebuts shill accusations with buy recommendation. It's a bold strategy.
- iwritestuff 10y agoRight, because I must be a paid shill to write about my experience that is counter to the popular opinion shared on hacker news. Look, I bought one. All I said is I don't experience the battery issues. Your accusations on me shilling is hilarious. I'm done with this thread. If you need a safe space where people won't challenge your ideas continue as is.
- tw04 10y agoIt's less about you sticking up for a product you enjoy, and more about the fact you've got basically 0 post history outside of defending a product that Apple has been scrambling to justify in the press. Probably just a perfect storm... but you can't really fault people for being skeptical.
- ccvannorman 10y agoSomehow I doubt a part of Apple's strategy is to pay shills to sell for them. There are plenty of fanboys (and fangirls) already doing that for free, and I think you'd be laughed out of the board room for bringing up such a strategy. <s> Besides, everybody knows the only shills on HN are from nation-states. </s>
- flukus 10y agoMaybe they decided they can't rely on Jobs cult of personality anymore.
- herbst 10y agoWell at some point the battery will be empty. And after months of use this point will always be sooner and sooner. Wouldnt you want to know when its near to empty?
- eMumbaBlog 10y agoA good move for the organization strategically. But as a user this doesn't make me too happy. I'd rather I see how much time my battery would suffice.
- herbst 10y agoOh thats nice. One useful feature less that could make me angry. Its like the facebook bubble only see stuff that makes you smile, until it is to late
- elsen 10y agoYou miss the point, they want you to do more mental maths :)
- herbst 10y agoOh thanks for that, i knew apple just wants the best for me ;)
- to_too_two 10y agoToo.
- herbst 10y agoIs this bot right? Damn it
- itake 10y agocreated 30 min ago[0]. someone created an account just to correct you [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=to_too_two https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=to_too_two
- herbst 10y agooh lol. Could have thought about that when i saw the green. Sorry stranger, english is not my native language and "to" "too" is something i might never understand :3
- detaro 10y agosee also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13169060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13169060
- aq3cn 10y agoDoes anyone knows how can we do ball park calculation to estimate battery-remaining time using inbuilt Activity Monitor app?