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Woodcrest64

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For those who have or currently own a 2012 15inch Retina Macbook, did you ever get the original stated 7 hours of battery life?

EDIT: When I got my 2012 Macbook Pro I was able to get just over 6 hours but never the 7hrs the Apple claimed. Even with the brightness all the way down to 3 bars. Now the best I can get with 85% battery health, i get 4.0-5hrs.
 
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Mountain Lion, never more than 6 hours; On Mavericks I was able to eek out 7.1 hours, depending on what I was doing, e.g., browsing, email, and occasional HTML5 video. I haven't really checked since Yosemite.
 
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