I dont think people are demanding refunds or replacement of parts over a fluctuating battery ESTIMATE, come on,
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macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Removes 'Time Remaining' Battery Life Indicator
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I dont think people are demanding refunds or replacement of parts over a fluctuating battery ESTIMATE, come on,
But what you describe is a very useful feature! Otherwise you might not know how much you are tanking your battery!
I had a choice to trade in my failing 2013 MacBook pro for the touch bar version (through Apple care) and I said nope just fix my stupid computer!
I'm not suggesting that, but people are reporting battery life fluctuations as issues, which shouldn't be a surprise for anyone. I might understand it if, for example, someone had a 2015 rMBP running identical workload at the same time a new MBP and the new MBP got significantly less actual battery life, but I don't think this is what is happening.
Don't even.
You people and your imagined user authority is ridiculous. This I used a computer once and I thought it was accurate so Apple is wrong nonsense is a joke. A big joke.
agree to disagree, I think this is exactly whats happening. Battery estimate feature didn't just come out,
or someone with a 2012 onward retina performing better battery wise assuming it isn't a shot battery, vs an impacted touchbar model, one would expect better if not at the very least parity on longevity
Your last sentence is ironic.
I would say reading the between the lines is the exact reason a lot of people are ticked off about this
You're missing the point. It's not so much the act itself, but how they're going about delivering the change.
It 'appears' to be a cover-up. The timing couldn't have been at a worse time with all the disgruntled MBP owners.
Perhaps holding off until they could explain it fully at the next Apple event.
This seemingly lack of empathy just comes off as being smug.
lol this is ridiculous. Please tell me there will be a Terminal code to bring it back up. Seriously, wtf is up with Apple and their choices lately...?
Lol. Uh oh didn't realize I wasn't allowed to have a reasonable discussion with someone who has an opposing opinion.
Steve Jobs legacy is fading away bit by bit. I just have less and less positive view of Apple. Covering up the battery problem is not good.
Right. I mean, you can't change it after purchasing anyways, what difference does it make?
Courageous Apple. I loved the time remaining feature and it worked well for me.
Let's see now, we don't need ports, should use wireless headphones, love the touchbar and clicking keyboard, and now like battery gauges. At least we get new eMojis!
Let's see now, we don't need ports, should use wireless headphones, love the touchbar and clicking keyboard, and now like battery gauges. At least we get new eMojis!
Tim Cook got tired of seeing his time left as CEO in the menu bar
You certainly could if there was one.
There is no reasonable argument that entertains any of the nonsense in this thread.
This is exactly what's wrong with Apple today. Constantly dumbing things down and removing choice for the end user.
In 2003 when I switched to Apple I did so because it was a great OS that 'just worked', with a powerful POSIX base and major third party app support. At that time Linux on the desktop was a steaming mess.
Now it seems like Mac OS is becoming more and more like iOS with important configuration files locked down and choices removed. Not to mention what they did to the server. And hardware, since the Mini was made so horrible in 2014.
I'm already on Ubuntu for most of my systems and while my main driver is still a 2011 Mini with Mavericks it'll soon run Linux too.
Sorry Apple but by locking us power users out you're giving up a lot of free promotion that's going to hurt you eventually when the consumer market moves on to other shiny toys.
In 2003 when I switched to Apple I did so because it was a great OS that 'just worked', with a powerful POSIX base and major third party app support. At that time Linux on the desktop was a steaming mess.
Now it seems like Mac OS is becoming more and more like iOS with important configuration files locked down and choices removed. Not to mention what they did to the server. And hardware, since the Mini was made so horrible in 2014.
I'm already on Ubuntu for most of my systems and while my main driver is still a 2011 Mini with Mavericks it'll soon run Linux too.
Sorry Apple but by locking us power users out you're giving up a lot of free promotion that's going to hurt you eventually when the consumer market moves on to other shiny toys.
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What's the big deal? iOS doesn't have estimated run time. Android doesn't. It wasn't accurate on OS X anyway. Why keep it?
It sounds like some "users" are not really users, but cheerleaders who thinks having no battery life time is logical.
COME ON! You know the time is important. It gives us the sense when we need to charge mbp.
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple decides to have life timer on DESKTOP.
COME ON! You know the time is important. It gives us the sense when we need to charge mbp.
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple decides to have life timer on DESKTOP.
Hey, at least Apple's in good company. Casinos have understood for quite some time that clocks are bad for business.
No, I that is not what I meant. What I meant was, that we do not anymore fact check it. Some years ago we made fun of people who believed everything that's on the internet. Now some customers just have to post that they think that the battery life is not ok and everybody throws a fit. Not checking the reasons behind the battery life drain, but just assuming that Apple knowingly lied to us all. That's what I meant. Nobody is fact checking anymore. And that seriously worries me.You know what... you are so right. Get rid of those consumers. THEY clearly are the problem.