I contacted applecare UK, and they dun have an answer for that
8 hours 20% is not a lot, mine lost much more. about 3-5% per hour
8 hours 20% is not a lot, mine lost much more. about 3-5% per hour
if you read your manual, is says sleep mode is only to be used for short periods away from the machine. I don't think you are suppost to use it indefinately/ overnight. But anyway, DDR3 is suppose to be more energy efficient, not much of a performance gain. So I think it isn't the DDR3 that causes the battery drain.
I just shut down. That way I know I'm not losing any battery power. It's no big deal to me to jsut start up again later or the next day......
II have the wifi enabled, but I have the bluetooth disabled. I genertally have mail, firefox 3 with 5-ish tabs, ichat, and sometimes itunes open.
Same here, no big deal and I dont risk a freeze by waking it up, which appears from time to time by opening the lid!
I could be mistaken, but I believe the apps are no longer running when you close the lid.I must be the only who thinks it's normal to lose battery power if all those apps are still running when you close the lid.
I could be mistaken, but I believe the apps are no longer running when you close the lid.
What is the benefit of putting it to sleep (besides saving your pages or work fro the next time you open the lid).. is it mere convenience?
I could be mistaken, but I believe the apps are no longer running when you close the lid.
I am more than happy to be a Mac newbie. It is better than being the PC pro that I wasDon't worry, I was a Mac newbie once too.![]()
On suspend, the processor enters a power saving / stay alive mode (but does consume power), the display and drives are spun down, and most of the motherboard goes into power saving mode, too. The RAM is kept powered up (in hibernation, the RAM contents are saved to a disk image, and everything is turned off, essentially). But applications do not continue running.
You're mistaken. They are still running in memory which uses a little power. Don't worry, I was a Mac newbie once too.![]()
EDIT: The issue is that, several generations ago, an iBook or Powerbook G4 could be put to sleep with 100% battery on Friday morning, and woken up Monday or Tuesday the next week with 40% of its battery left.