RMPB battery

[sweetbrat]

I've noticed a lot of people giving information from the time remaining estimate that is given in the top menu bar on the computer. Have any of you actually used it until the battery ran out and kept track of the actual time it was up and running? I'm just asking because the time remaining estimate is a snapshot for that specific time interval. It changes rapidly depending on what you're doing, and often isn't very accurate. I'm just curious what people's actual usage times have been like.

 

[TheMacBookPro]

Sweet thanks for the update. I loved GFX on my last model but I was hesitant this time around because I didn't want to mess anything up with a non-supported software version. I have noticed, however, that Apple seems to have really fixed the issue where the DGPU kicks in for no reason (in Chrome and such). This would, for the most part, eliminate my need for GFX, unless I'm really trying to save battery.

Or maybe it's because I've been using Safari more because Chrome is hideous atm

It's still useful to force it into integrated only when on battery, it still sometimes kicks in the 650M when there's Flash playing even though the HD4000 would work fine doing the same thing.

Plus it adds a nice icon to let you know which graphics it's currently using