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littledude8209

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Jun 18, 2009
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hey guys!

i absolutley love my new macbook air, but i am a little worried about the battery life on it...

i went through a few times of going through the battery completely and letting it charge completely, and now im really seeing how "good" the battery on it is.

so far, it's at 58%, and it's only been on for 1 hour and 20 minutes.... i've been surfing the internet, and listening to music, along with video chatting for a while too. is this normal?
 
I have noticed battery life varies huge on my MBA depending on what I'm doing. Just basic web surfing and email I can get out to 10 hrs with it.
Web with lots of Flash and video chat can shorten it down to 1hr 30mins.
 
I get 7 to 10 hours of wifi surfing... with FLASH DISABLED using "click-to-flash" :)

Watching flash streaming videos though, battery would not last longer than 4 hours.

I'd imagine websites with flash ads also significantly decrease your battery life.
 
Poochi said:
I get 7 to 10 hours of wifi surfing... with FLASH DISABLED using "click-to-flash" :)

Watching flash streaming videos though, battery would not last longer than 4 hours.

I'd imagine websites with flash ads also significantly decrease your battery life.
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How did you add click-to-flash? Was it for Firefox or Safari?
 

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jamespa66 said:
I have noticed battery life varies huge on my MBA depending on what I'm doing. Just basic web surfing and email I can get out to 10 hrs with it.
Web with lots of Flash and video chat can shorten it down to 1hr 30mins.
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i have click to flash installed, and html 5 youtube/vimeo videos, which helps a ton. i guess ill just have to shy away from video chatting when im not near a charger :p
 
Firefox has a similar extension that works the same way as "click to flash." I've been using it the last few days and it works well.
 
littledude8209 said:
using aim. is it really though? i didn't realize i guess o_O

i guess i will just try charging it up and "testing" it tomorrow :p
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I can't speak for Aim as I don't use it, but I can tell you that with Skype webcam chats I am lucky to get 2.5-3 hours of battery use on my MBA with a complete charge. I did it last week (I never carry my charger with me as usually no need) and found myself having to conduct an impromptu Webex demonstration with a client and used Skype instead because they couldn't get Webex to work. So I was using the webcam, skype talk and screen sharing features all at once. About 2 hours into the demonstration I noticed I was sitting on less than 20% battery remaining. It shocked me.

During normal use, I get just under 8 hours of constant use each day, and that includes at least an hour of driving a projector for demonstrations. VGA output will also eat some of the battery but not like Skype. If I'm just doing typing and surfing, I can get almost 10 hours of use. But turn on webcam anything and the battery goes buh-bye.

I'd assume Aim/MSN/Yahoo video chatting to be similar.
 
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