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schalliol

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May 7, 2002
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Carmel, IN
What are you all experiencing your power drain to be like on video conferencing?

My late 2018 15" MBP can eat a battery in just over an hour running video conferencing with the camera on me, AirPods Pro for audio, and a small portion of the screen in video. Here's the last hour when I was on a WebEx, but it seems similar with other systems. I have a 165 cycle count, 6,033 mAh charged capacity, with condition Normal. Apple marketed this unit with having the capability for 10 hours of iTunes video playback on a single charge, which doesn't feel right at all in this circumstance. My unit is under AppleCare, so I'm just trying to find out if they would've quoted video conferencing they'd spec it at just over an hour or what. Thanks!
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