My Macbook Pro battery life.

[kpooky]

I bought my macbook in late october of last year and I love it but the only thing is the battery life of it, it seems like it doesnt hold a full charge for more than 3 or 4 hours even though it's supposed to hold about 10, is there anything I can do to improve the battery life or where can I buy a better battery for it.
-thanks

 

[smartalic34]

what sorts of things are you doing with your computer? battery life will vary depending on usage. playing a dvd or gaming, for example, will deplete a battery much faster than word processing or lightly browsing the web.

 

[kpooky]

well when I watch a movie, when I start it it's usually at 100% and when i'm done, usually an hour and a half movie or so, it's at like 45% or lower. and when I browse the web without watching a movie it usually only goes for 4-5 hours.

 

[aeboi]

I bought my macbook in late october of last year and I love it but the only thing is the battery life of it, it seems like it doesnt hold a full charge for more than 3 or 4 hours even though it's supposed to hold about 10, is there anything I can do to improve the battery life or where can I buy a better battery for it.
-thanks

last year's MBP was only rated like 7 hours on minimum setings

 

[kpooky]

last year's MBP was only rated like 7 hours

still shouldn't I get a full 7 hours then?

 

[bigsexyy81]

You gotta understand, Apple probably is running absolute minimal tasks at the lowest possible backlight setting (no backlit keyboard) to get 10 hours out of it. Unfortunately it's a little bit misleading. I have the same laptop and usually expect 5-6 hours with normal backlight and 4-5 programs running at the same time. If the optical drive is running I'd expect it to cruise through pretty fast.

 

[kpooky]

yeah i get that but there's nothing I can do to improve the battery just a little bit?

 

[aeboi]

yeah i get that but there's nothing I can do to improve the battery just a little bit?

keyboard light off, screen on lower brightness, no use of the dvd drive

avoid flash/video sites
even flash ads can drain your battery quickly
bluetooth off if you don't need it

that's about all you can do

 

[kpooky]

keyboard light off, screen on lower brightness, no use of the dvd drive

avoid flash/video sites
even flash ads can drain your battery quickly
bluetooth off if you don't need it

that's about all you can do

=/ oh well, thanks though.