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I get a pretty good runtime out of my 12" MB, and, I found that the tools Apple provides to diagnose power usage were pretty god. Every time I see a complaint l
by greglindahl 10y ago
I get a pretty good runtime out of my 12" MB, and, I found that the tools Apple provides to diagnose power usage were pretty god. Every time I see a complaint like this I always wonder what the cause is...
- patryn20 10y agoMy particular crime? Heavy VM use with multiple concurrent OSes and server processes.
- greglindahl 10y agoHuh. I develop on a beefy server, and give everyone who works with me beefy servers, too.
- patryn20 10y agoI'm often highly mobile with unreliable connectivity (think back country Alaska/Washington/Missouri/etc). Remoting is not a reliable option while traveling. Now when I'm working from home, I have other workstations I can connect to. And if the connectivity on the road is decent, I do have equipment I can connect to. However I generally find my most productive workflow is all local. Which is why I was doubly disappointed by the lack of upgrades to 7th gen i7 and 32GB of RAM. The battery life loss under load was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
- greglindahl 10y agoHave you ever considered carrying a battery? You have the classic use-case for having one.
- patryn20 10y agoActually I have been looking to buy one for extra on the road capacity. Really I'm just trying to decide what my work machine(s) will be moving forward. I think I'm going to limp by with my current MBPro and Dell Precision combo until the next MBPro refresh is out.
- tracker1 10y agoNot sure what OSes you are using... but in the past, running a windows VM would be the main power drain of any laptop I'm using.
- patryn20 10y agoWhen I run Windows in Parallels it DESTROYS battery life. I'm lucky to get 2 to 2 1/2 hours on my current MBP if I have my full toolchain and Windows running.