Hi
After using my brand new 13" rMBP i've noticed that the battery life is nowhere near the advertised 8 hours.
Specs:
i7 2.8 ghz
512GB ssd
8gb ram
For example, Skype will completely drain my battery in 2 hours or so.
Just check out the absurd amount of power it uses.
http://imgur.com/DF7HPpL
(Pardon the language, but you get the idea)
Overall the battery life is decent.
Running heavier apps such as Photoshop, Illustrator and watching movies in VLC will also drain the battery quite fast, but that's to be expected i guess.
As it is right now, i get about the same battery life on this brand new 2013 rMBP, as i do on my 2 year old Early 2011 MBP.
With the new Haswell processor, a brand new Macbook Pro running a brand new OS, it's very disappointing to get these results.
Is it possible that my battery is faulty?
Seing as this is a BTO model sent from China, how would i go about replacing said battery if it is faulty?
All help appreciated.
Thanks
After using my brand new 13" rMBP i've noticed that the battery life is nowhere near the advertised 8 hours.
Specs:
i7 2.8 ghz
512GB ssd
8gb ram
For example, Skype will completely drain my battery in 2 hours or so.
Just check out the absurd amount of power it uses.
http://imgur.com/DF7HPpL
(Pardon the language, but you get the idea)
Overall the battery life is decent.
Running heavier apps such as Photoshop, Illustrator and watching movies in VLC will also drain the battery quite fast, but that's to be expected i guess.
As it is right now, i get about the same battery life on this brand new 2013 rMBP, as i do on my 2 year old Early 2011 MBP.
With the new Haswell processor, a brand new Macbook Pro running a brand new OS, it's very disappointing to get these results.
Is it possible that my battery is faulty?
Seing as this is a BTO model sent from China, how would i go about replacing said battery if it is faulty?
All help appreciated.
Thanks