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Jun 21, 2012
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rMBP. Why is it that sometimes when I look at the Energy Saver Preference it shows either: 1. (High Performance or Better Battery Life options) or 2. Graphics switching either on or off? Does it have anything to do with GFX Card Status installed? And those that have the option to switch between High Performance or Better Battery Life, when it asks you to restart in order to switch settings are you able to successfully restart your computer? Mine has taken up to 10 minutes and at that point I force shut down?

Other side notes: Could the default High Performance setting in ML cause the degrading battery life some are seeing?

And just so that I don't have to start a new thread: Is anyones box (don't know what it's called) that you plug in significantly hot? Mine seems to be quite a bit hotter than any of the other MBPs that I have owned.

Thanks in advance.
 
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