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512GB vs 256SSD 2013 rMBP 13' - Battery life differences?

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SSD-GUY

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Hi guys,

Question is in the title really, is there a difference between the battery life of a MacBook Retina 13' 2013 Haswell 256GB and a 512GB?

I know the 256GB drives are faster than the 128GB SSDs, but are the 512's faster or slower?

Thanks
 
AndrewMRiv

AndrewMRiv

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SSD-GUY said:
Hi guys,

Question is in the title really, is there a difference between the battery life of a MacBook Retina 13' 2013 Haswell 256GB and a 512GB?

I know the 256GB drives are faster than the 128GB SSDs, but are the 512's faster or slower?

Thanks
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I can't offer you any real world experience stories since I have never owned a 15" MacBook Pro, but this is what the website currently says (13 on the left and 15 on the right):

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mac8867

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LOL... title says it all, yet you ask about speed... had to laugh.

Battery power - unimpacted by the size of the SSD. Remember, these drives are D-Latch memory chips, not spinning platters. There are probably great benchmarks around showing how they use less power than platter drives etc etc... but I wouldn't expect you to find any evidence that a 512 GB SSD uses more or less power than a 128 GB.

As for performance... that is a completely different question, and quite honestly, handled by many threads in this forum with extensive analysis.
 
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mac8867 said:
LOL... title says it all, yet you ask about speed... had to laugh.

Battery power - unimpacted by the size of the SSD. Remember, these drives are D-Latch memory chips, not spinning platters. There are probably great benchmarks around showing how they use less power than platter drives etc etc... but I wouldn't expect you to find any evidence that a 512 GB SSD uses more or less power than a 128 GB.

As for performance... that is a completely different question, and quite honestly, handled by many threads in this forum with extensive analysis.
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Haha, sorry, was going to ask about speed as well.

So battery life isn't really impacted at all then?

And lastly, I see that you're using an i7 rMBP, how's the battery life on that as I too want to upgrade it to an i7.
 
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