Battery Life?

[hitman45400]

so my (refurb) macbok pro, is only getting around 3:30 hours just on wifi/browsing websites and not to mention garage band, iphoto use up more..is this normal?
*EDIT*
the battery is at 98% health and 16 charge cycles.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

yeah, that sounds about right.

If you turn the brightness all the way down and turn off the airport it might last longer.

 

[hitman45400]

oh..i thought it was supposed to be more then that..so how long would i get for movie and what not?

 

[coolb0yalex]

i tested out the one in the Apple Store...
first, i had the GPU set at Better Battery, then I kept the dimness that Apple does when I pulled out the magsafe... I got about 4:20 which was pretty good. I only wished it was that time with the highest brightness setting so then I can actually take this thing outdoors...