New 2016 MBP battery test

[macbook123]

I just did a comparison, light browsing on both side by side, screen at 50% brightness. Got 6:45 out of my almost 5 years old 2012 rMBP (which has an old battery), 4:13 out of my new rMBP. The new MBP is also only marginally faster, 10% for most CPU intensive applications I use. Needless to say, the new one, which doesn't even have USB ports or a Macsafe power plug, is going back.

 

[Sohappy]

I just did a comparison, light browsing on both side by side, screen at 50% brightness. Got 6:45 out of my almost 5 years old 2012 rMBP (which has an old battery), 4:13 out of my new rMBP. The new MBP is also only marginally faster, 10% for most CPU intensive applications I use. Needless to say, the new one, which doesn't even have USB ports or a Macsafe power plug, is going back.

I think the comparison with 50 % brightness on both isn't fair. The 2016's is much brighter. You must probably set it more around 35 % to have the same screen brightness.

 

[coolbreeze]

Buyer's remorse won. You found your reason. Enjoy!

 

[augustya]

I think the comparison with 50 % brightness on both isn't fair. The 2016's is much brighter. You must probably set it more around 35 % to have the same screen brightness.

There is no % indicator for brightness in the MacBook how do you set it for 50% or even 35% ? Someone please enlighten me !

 

[RobinInOR]

There area 16 'ticks' on the brightness indicator. Put it at 8 ticks for 50%, put it at 5 ticks to be around 33%.

 

[blairian89]

There is no % indicator for brightness in the MacBook how do you set it for 50% or even 35% ? Someone please enlighten me !

You are correct; there are no percentage markings for the brightness indicator.

You can guesstimate the brightness; put it at halfway and call it 50%. That's what we all do. There are sixteen brightness settings - 100/16 = 6.25%

Each one adds 6.25% to the total brightness; 5=~33%, 8=50%, etc.

 

[thekev]

I think the comparison with 50 % brightness on both isn't fair. The 2016's is much brighter. You must probably set it more around 35 % to have the same screen brightness.

You'll never get that just right. After several years, the 2012 would be dimmer than when it was purchased. I'm not sure by how much, because I don't know the approximate half life for LED backlights of that generation.

 

[tubeexperience]

Who would have thought that having a smaller battery in the 2016 MacBook Pro would leads to worse battery life?

Is this physics or what?

 

[CaptRB]

I just did a comparison, light browsing on both side by side, screen at 50% brightness. Got 6:45 out of my almost 5 years old 2012 rMBP (which has an old battery), 4:13 out of my new rMBP. The new MBP is also only marginally faster, 10% for most CPU intensive applications I use. Needless to say, the new one, which doesn't even have USB ports or a Macsafe power plug, is going back.

After the OS update I'm getting 9+ hours! Most others are reporting the same!

But nice try! Bye!


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