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MacBook Pro Users Express Concerns About Limited Battery Life
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vw also got fined billions of dollars, not specifically for mpg, but for fudging their numbers
Really? They said that? Even though the 2.9Ghx cpu would hardly be ticking over? Mine takes a while to calculate remaining time which usually starts off as 3:55 and sometimes eventually gets to 5+ hrs only when the screen brightness is 25% and I'm reading iBooks. I find it hard to believe that Apple would say that's normal - I'll book a slot at the genius bar because this seems abhorrent. Good thing I use this on battery all day.
The new 15" MacBook Pros only have a 76 watt-hour battery. They can go back to the 99.5 watt-hour battery which of course would make the case bigger again.
I exactly did what ChinaRye did. I did not ant all USB-C ports, although this USB would be future technology and better, it still has not been adopted globally and widely. I am so thankful, I do not have to go through with all problems with the new MacBook Pro and paying more money for it and its problems.
Have you tried Repair Disk Permissions?
Even as sarcastic advice, that feature was removed in El Cap.
That's a pleasant rationalization. What else do you tell yourself that you want to hear?
Reading the article it seems the headline should have been "Chrome drains battery" or alternately "Independent tests using Apple methodology recreate Apple claims on battery life."
It's not complicated. The people complaining about a lack of 32GB RAM are NOT the same people complaining about battery life.
So is ZERO hours but that doesn't make it any less false advertising.
...and the previous MacBook Pro 15" model spec said 99.5 watt hour battery. Do that math. Its got a substantially smaller battery - of course its not going to get the same life!
One of the video reviews posted earlier in this thread nailed the problem: the Skylake processors are more aggressive than the last generation at saving power when they are idling, but throw a heavier load at them and they're no better than the previous gen. So pick the right battery test and it looks like 76Wh == 99.5Wh, but anything that makes the processor break a sweat shows up the capacity reduction.
Definitely. Having several duds in the first run batch of a completely redesigned product makes a soon to be obsolete, 2012 Air a no brainer.
Actually that was for lying on emissions tests not fudging the numbers. Though it didn't apply to the diesel engine I have, it was the one before (and we've since learnt both Audi and BMW also do it...probably many others)
What the hell does this mean?
Are you also glad you didn't spend $50 million on that new Gulf Stream you wanted with the bad cup holders?
i got the 15" with faster cpu and better gfx and the battery life is shocking. i have only been using it occasionally and using my 2012 mbp more often. sort it out apple im pretty shocked about this and if something is not done to address it the thing is getting returned after xms
That's pretty rich coming from a guy who, at the time he said that, was trying to sell us a $10,000 (~$18,000 in today's dollars) computer that couldn't do much of anything. What was the NeXT Cube's market share?
Interesting, thanks. Never thought a laptop could drive an external monitor on battery - my last laptop wouldn't allow it