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richard13

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Aug 1, 2008
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I very rarely take my MBP anywhere so I'm usually on AC power. However, I've done some testing over the weekend and found some pretty disappointing results. From a full charge and using Better Battery Life mode I am only getting about 2 hours of DVD play. Using the Better Performance mode I was able to get about 45 minutes of WoW on Ultra settings (again from a full charge).

While I'll admit I sort of expected the latter, I really thought I would get more battery time from the former. Is this expected? What times are you getting from your battery watching DVDs?
 
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