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> I'm surprised his battery life is so short (5-6 hours). I have the base model MacBook and I easily get 8 hours. To go as low as 5 hours, I'd have to keep CPU
by elithrar 11y ago
> I'm surprised his battery life is so short (5-6 hours). I have the base model MacBook and I easily get 8 hours. To go as low as 5 hours, I'd have to keep CPU usage at 100% and run the screen at max brightness.
If he's a Chrome user, I wouldn't be surprised. It seems Chrome doesn't sleep/isn't as aggressive at idling as Safari.
I've yet to spend a full day out on my machine though so I cannot confirm first-hand whether Chrome drains the battery so quickly.
- ggreer 11y agoI use Chrome, but I run maybe 10 tabs and have all plugins disabled. Safari's lack of WebRTC and general security issues (typically the first to fall at Pwn2Own) have scared me off. It may surprise people to discover how inefficient some applications can be. It only takes one programming mistake to prevent the CPU from going into deep sleep. Even popular apps such as Spotify, Dropbox, and iCloud sync can fail in this manner and squander power.