Ah im sorry to hear that, I haven't owned a macbook pro for about a year, took a break from macs for a while. So far I am satisfied with the new model though, and I got about 9.5 hours yesterday when I was working on some JS development.
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MacBook Pro Users Express Concerns About Limited Battery Life
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[doublepost=1485968676][/doublepost]GOOGLE CHROME is what all these people are using! Does that tell you anything? Chrome is known to be a resource hog, try to NEVER use it on a laptop running on battery power, OK?
A subset of users who purchased a new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar claim to be experiencing shorter than expected battery life.
In particular, some users claim to be getting as little as 3 to 6 hours of battery life on a single charge, or between 30% and 60% of the up to 10 hours advertised.
MacRumors forum member SRTM said:MacRumors forum member Aioriya said:Reddit user Azr-79 yesterday claimed his new base model 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar received only 3 hours and 45 minutes of battery life on a single charge, despite what he described as "normal usage" in the form of web browsing, watching YouTube videos, and software development.
MacRumors forum member Scott claimed he experienced a 5 percentage point drop in battery life, from 10% to 5%, in just 12 minutes. Google Chrome, a known battery hog, was listed as the only app drawing significant power. The discussion topic he posted in and others are littered with similar claims of sizeable percentage drops in mere minutes.
Other claims on Reddit include anywhere from 3 hours to 5 hours to 6 hours -- sometimes more, and sometimes less.
Conversely, some users report battery life exactly in line with Apple's advertised figures. Reddit user Andrew J., for example, said he was working on non-intensive tasks on his new MacBook Pro for 90 straight minutes, and still had 92% battery life with an estimated 10 hours and 35 minutes of usage remaining.Estimates unsurprisingly vary widely based on screen brightness, background processes, and other factors, so user reports are only anecdotal evidence and your mileage may vary. It is also important to note battery life could be initially reduced until Spotlight finishes indexing your new MacBook Pro.
Battery life complaints are nothing new following the launch of a new Apple product. However, some users speculate battery life could be impacted by the new MacBook Pro switching from more efficient integrated Intel graphics to the power-hungrier dedicated AMD Radeon Pro GPU for unnecessary tasks.
Once again, however, there are always claims to suggest otherwise. Reddit user Lebron Hubbard claims he received 5 hours and 48 minutes of battery life on his high-end built-to-order 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar when forcing only the dedicated AMD Radeon Pro 460 graphics to run using gfxCardStatus:Apple's built-in Activity Monitor and third-party app coconutBattery are useful tools for tracking system processes and detailed battery information.
Apple officially says the new MacBook Pro is rated for up to 10 hours of battery life. Specifically, its tech specs page says all new 13-inch and 15-inch models are capable of up to 10 hours of wireless web browsing, up to 10 hours of iTunes movie playback, and up to 30 days of standby time on a single charge.
TechCrunch placed battery life at 9 hours and 35 minutes for the 13-inch model. Mashable said 10 hours is a fair estimate overall. The Wall Street Journal got 9.5 hours on the 13-inch model. Engadget gauged between 9 and 10 hours of video playback on the 15-inch model. Nilay Patel got 5.5 hours on the 13" in real-world use.
Apple explains how it performs its battery tests on its website:Apple's website also provides tips for maximizing battery life on the MacBook Pro, including updating to the latest version of macOS, optimizing Energy Saver settings in System Preferences, dimming the screen's brightness to the lowest comfortable level, and turning off Wi-Fi while not connected to a network.
Additional battery optimization advice provided by users includes performing a fresh install of macOS Sierra and resetting the SMC.
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What is obviously made up, would you like me to run a screen recording for you?
The obvious answer is to remove the headphone jack and not that HUGE trackpad!!! Oh, and keep making it thinner of course.
That's too difficult for Google fans who wanna prove that Apple is rubbish. They would prefer to spend $5k on a computer and then actively search for ways to drain the battery so they can feed their belief that Apple batteries don't work well.
'The new MBP battery only lasts for 5 minutes if I run Google Battery Drain!!! It's essentially Apple's webkit but re-engineered to be slower, more battery-hungry and more Anti-Apple friendly! Anecdotally it renders websites better than any other browser on the market - juat ask a Google fanboy. Upon launch it not only opens a web browser, it secretly opens a bunch of security holes, sends personal data to Google and runs (I dunno) 20 VMs plus 20 high-end games in the background all running intensive fps tests for each tab you have open given the amount of RAM, HD space and CPU/battery power it hogs. Remember, this product is only in beta so things MIGHT go wrong, we won't support it at all and you use it at your own risk!'
My tin hat tells me they intentionally try to drain Apple batteries. But I don't think they are that organised, it's just sheer incompetence.
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