The one example of long battery life was someone who had 92% left and is referencing the estimated life. I'm sure we've all seen the rosy estimates on our devices only to have the battery life decline in a non-linear fashion.
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MacBook Pro Users Express Concerns About Limited Battery Life
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The one example of long battery life was someone who had 92% left and is referencing the estimated life. I'm sure we've all seen the rosy estimates on our devices only to have the battery life decline in a non-linear fashion.
Wow , that's great! I never got more that 5 hrs on a similar vintage 15" rMBP.
Just get the external battery dongle and you're good to go! 
Good thing they didn't include a 32GB option with a power-hungry memory system but shaved off 3mm and reduced battery capacity by 25%. Great job, Apple.
Apple doesn't test every single third party application to check if it meets their battery life expectations. Even if they did, they are in no position to tell the developer(s) of that app (Especially Google for that matter) that their App is a resource hog.
Same goes for other PCs. Have you tried iTunes on Windows 10? It's terrible in terms of battery life and performance but that's not Microsoft's or the Manufacturer's problem.
I wish I could do the same but mine is a 15-inch BTO and it's likely already inbound. Sadly, this is the first Mac purchase since many of you were born that I'm regretting before it even arrives.
I did that once. It lasted about a year and a half before one of the cells failed and it started providing only a few minutes of battery life on a charge. And the battery pack was glued to the interior of the case in a way that made it completely unserviceable. And in that year and a half, I went through three or four power cords because they provided crappy first-generation MacBook Air MagSafe cords.
Not to mention that being tethered to a five-pound external brick isn't much better than being tethered to an outlet.
You have till early January to return it under apples extended holiday return policy.
Mine is giving out around 7 hours on a charge (with 10-12% remaining). Using Safari, Spotify, Slack, Word and Outlook, with 1h30 of a Ubuntu VM running on Parallels.
All this on around 50% brightness. So if it gives me 8 hours without using the VM it's fine by me, because it's all the time I spend out of the house working, and that way I don't need to take the charger with me.
Oh, btw, mine is the 15'' with the 2.7Ghz CPU and Radeon Pro 460.
PS: Running any VM or connecting a monitor will automaticly activate the Radeon, so for folks that are complaining about low battery life with monitors connected, there's your reason.
All this on around 50% brightness. So if it gives me 8 hours without using the VM it's fine by me, because it's all the time I spend out of the house working, and that way I don't need to take the charger with me.
Oh, btw, mine is the 15'' with the 2.7Ghz CPU and Radeon Pro 460.
PS: Running any VM or connecting a monitor will automaticly activate the Radeon, so for folks that are complaining about low battery life with monitors connected, there's your reason.
I'm sort of feeling the same right now, which is a shame because I would've upgraded otherwise.
Cool. By that logic, I'll program a lemon of an internet browser that maxes out the CPU and GPU just when idling. You'll get about 30 mins battery just keeping it running on the background. But sure, it's Apple's fault if I can't code/optimise for toffee.
Yet you're not arguing the nMBP works fine with Safari. You're also not disputing that FCPX works smoother compared to Premiere, under the same workload. So most of your gripes come down to applications.
You're citing examples of software from Adobe and Google which are documented as being battery-hogging. Using this as proof that the MBP has poor battery life is ludicrous.
And finally, Apple say 'up to' 10 hours. Not guaranteed. If you're still unsatisfied, then let me assure you other OEMs are far more liberal with their estimates.
Apple hardware and software are closely knit and work efficiently, so their claimed battery life is probably right if you stick with that combination, else expect a hit. Reckon this will improve once third party software gets updated
but could be completely wrong!
but could be completely wrong!
Complains about batter life / Uses Google Chrome.
I'm having no battery life issues with my new MBP. Feel bad for everyone running into problems and crying about this machine. It's a great machine. Favorite Apple laptop yet and I've owned more than 50.
SP4 is a total POS. We had 2 at work and they were not usable. Constant freezing up. Pure junk.
Love the people on here just trashing Apple. I have the 13 MBP TB and it works flawless. Battery life has not been an issue. There are so many factors to battery life and everyone knows that.
My retina 2012 MacBook Pro can still easily get about 4-5 hours, and that's with it being plugged in 90 percent of the time since I use it as a desktop mainly
personally I have never seen anyone use an external display while on battery power with a laptop.
Anyone know if this is a software or hardware issue? I personally never take manufacture claims at face value. Did anyone here ask "10 hours of doing what?" before buying their MBP?
Anyone know if this is a software or hardware issue? I personally never take manufacture claims at face value. Did anyone here ask "10 hours of doing what?" before buying their MBP?
No wonder. They cut the battery size by roughly 25-30% depending on the model you get. I know they say the processor uses less power but I doubt it's that much less plus you have a touch bar that draws power which they didn't have before and the screen is a lot brighter so that is probably drawing more power. With the issues they are having it's seriously making me wonder if they actually did any in-house testing of the laptops once they had the finished product.
I thought people were complaining about the lack of power. Now complaining about battery life...
MacBook Pro 15 inch spec says 76 watt hour battery. CPU's TDP is 45 watt and Radeon pro consumes about the same energy. Do a math. The machine can potentially drain all power in less than an hour if fully used. 10 hour usage is a advertisement tem for consumers in genera.
MacBook Pro 15 inch spec says 76 watt hour battery. CPU's TDP is 45 watt and Radeon pro consumes about the same energy. Do a math. The machine can potentially drain all power in less than an hour if fully used. 10 hour usage is a advertisement tem for consumers in genera.