Battery? 3 Hours???

[Jonathon McMast]

Why don't you just turn everything else off, set screen to 50% brightness, and start playing your itunes library on shuffle? If you get the life Apple claims then you know it's not a defective battery; if you still get 4 hours then take it in and complain. Turning on a bunch of variables and then trying to decide if the result is normal is not the way to go about testing it.

good advice.

 

[sakanagai]

Why don't you just turn everything else off, set screen to 50% brightness, and start playing your itunes library on shuffle? If you get the life Apple claims then you know it's not a defective battery; if you still get 4 hours then take it in and complain. Turning on a bunch of variables and then trying to decide if the result is normal is not the way to go about testing it.

That was essentially what I did and only got 2.5 hours. Still Apple Care is hesitant to say that the 4-day old battery needs replacement.

 

[Sandford]

[....]
Using Interl Graphics card, Blue tooth off, Wifi on, Screen brightness MAX, and doing light jobs, like email, skype...surfing the web...

Is my battery busted? Or is this normal?

How can you use Intel Graphigs Card with Skype on??
Doesn't Skype activate 330m by default?

Or is there some way...

 

[Hadron]

How can you use Intel Graphigs Card with Skype on??
Doesn't Skype activate 330m by default?

Or is there some way...

He has GFXCardStatus, so can use that to override the switching.

 

[Sandford]

He has GFXCardStatus, so can use that to override the switching.

Very Good thanks!