For those with macbook air 13" i5, how much are you getting from your battery? I just did a calibration on mine but so far I am only getting 8hours under medium load. Is this about right. Does anyone actually get 12 hours? How is this achieved?
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Macbook Air 13" i5 battery stats
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From the Apple site.
Testing conducted by Apple in May 2013 using preproduction 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Air units and preproduction 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-based 11-inch MacBook Air units. The wireless web test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The HD movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 720p content with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The standby test measures battery life by allowing a system, connected to a wireless network, to enter standby mode with Safari and Mail applications launched and all system settings left at default. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.
Testing conducted by Apple in May 2013 using preproduction 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Air units and preproduction 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-based 11-inch MacBook Air units. The wireless web test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The HD movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 720p content with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The standby test measures battery life by allowing a system, connected to a wireless network, to enter standby mode with Safari and Mail applications launched and all system settings left at default. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.
Im getting 13 hours with Skype, safari, and Xcode running and occasional iTunes radio listening with headphones. Display brightness set to 12.5%
. I've gotten used to the dark brightness over the years. Always had my hp at 0% brightness. I'm also running mavericks. you do get a large amount of power savings and a decent performance boost.
. I've gotten used to the dark brightness over the years. Always had my hp at 0% brightness. I'm also running mavericks. you do get a large amount of power savings and a decent performance boost.
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