Thanks, that screenshot is alright, but as I said before, the CPU does not seem to be the culprit, as only 16% of it are used. Thus again: SMC reset? Calibration? Did or didn't you do that, and if you did calibrate your battery, how often did you do it?
I am just going to take a guess but the reason you have poor battery life is that flash player is using 13% of your CPU while it should probably be idle.
I mean if you are just viewing the activity manager and everything else in the background is idle, your CPU usage should be no higher than 1-2%.
Kill the flash plug in and calibrate your battery and you will be fine.
I have a 2009 17" MBP and when I use it on battery, I get up to six hours of use out of it, even when the CPU is used between 10 - 20% (both cores).
17% CPU usage (both cores) should not affect battery life that much, as the Flash plugin only uses 13% of one core, so it's only 38% out of the 17% used on both cores.
yes, snow leapord. If I take to Apple and set up an appt, what happens? will they give me a replacement?
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.htmlAny tips to get the best out of a battery? After the initial charge should you just use it on the battery, let it drain, and charge back up again? I take it that it wears out the battery to have it on charge all the time?
Any tips to get the best out of a battery? After the initial charge should you just use it on the battery, let it drain, and charge back up again? I take it that it wears out the battery to have it on charge all the time?
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i quit the flash player...what happens now? will i not be able to watch flash videos?