2012 macbook air battery life.. 1.8 vs 2.0 ghz

Radiating · Oct 12, 2012, 06:07 PM

How does the battery life compare between the 1.8ghz and 2.0 ghz versions?

TomCat · Oct 12, 2012, 06:53 PM

That issue is a little cloudy, due to the fact that Mt. Lion 10.8 and possibly 10.8.1 seemed to eat more battery, which seems to be fixed in 10.8.2.

Radiating · Oct 12, 2012, 07:50 PM

Lets assume lion 10.8.2

fleawannabe · Oct 12, 2012, 08:14 PM

I don't think the .2 bump is worth the price, but you should go and get the 8GB of RAM IMO.

Radiating · Oct 12, 2012, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by fleawannabe

I don't think the .2 bump is worth the price, but you should go and get the 8GB of RAM IMO.

Price is no object it's a work laptop I'm getting for travel and in field use to edit and manage presentations.

Battery life is a priority though, I'm getting a retina MacBook for the hardware intense work. I currently have a 2010 2.13 ghz maxed out MacBook Air.

iAppl3Fan · Oct 12, 2012, 11:39 PM

No regrets with the i7 2.0 Ghz here.

ssn637 · Oct 13, 2012, 03:50 AM

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6063/m...-2012-review/8

TC25 · Oct 13, 2012, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Radiating

How does the battery life compare between the 1.8ghz and 2.0 ghz versions?

It's approximately the same.

Abazigal · Oct 13, 2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Radiating

How does the battery life compare between the 1.8ghz and 2.0 ghz versions?

Battery life is reportedly a tad shorter for the faster processor, but this was for the 2011 models.

http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-2011...grade-worth-it

TC25 · Oct 13, 2012, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Abazigal

Battery life is reportedly a tad shorter for the faster processor, but this was for the 2011 models.

http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-2011...grade-worth-it

Good grief, common sense would tell you this.

Abazigal · Oct 13, 2012, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by TC25

Good grief, common sense would tell you this.

Common sense can tell you precisely how mug battery life is shorter by in a laptop?

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Oct 12, 2012, 06:53 PM	#2
TomCat macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2000	That issue is a little cloudy, due to the fact that Mt. Lion 10.8 and possibly 10.8.1 seemed to eat more battery, which seems to be fixed in 10.8.2.
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Oct 12, 2012, 07:50 PM	#3
Radiating Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2011	Lets assume lion 10.8.2
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fleawannabe macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2011	I don't think the .2 bump is worth the price, but you should go and get the 8GB of RAM IMO.
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