sleep mode - battery life

[tildesley]

i recently brought a new white late '08 macbook which i upgraded to 4gb,

when i put it to sleep for say 12hrs, would 10% points be a normal loss of battery life for a 12hr stint? thats like 1% a hour.

other people ive talked to say yes and no.

what do you think? if u think its wrong, how do i fix it?


thanks for the advice!

 

[WPB2]

i recently brought a new white late '08 macbook which i upgraded to 4gb,

when i put it to sleep for say 12hrs, would 10% points be a normal loss of battery life for a 12hr stint? thats like 1% a hour.

other people ive talked to say yes and no.

what do you think? if u think its wrong, how do i fix it?


thanks for the advice!

I say no. You should expect about 4% to 5% loss no more.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Yeah, that seems pretty high to me too. I'm not sure how you'd go about fixing it, though. How's the battery health? CoconutBattery will give you a better idea.

 

[tildesley]

I say no. You should expect about 4% to 5% loss no more.

is there anyway to fix it without returning to apple, in fact is that even an option returning it?

 

[BlueRevolution]

See my post above if you missed it.

If the battery is clearly malfunctioning, it is covered by warranty. Normal drain is expected, though.

 

[tildesley]

Yeah, that seems pretty high to me too. I'm not sure how you'd go about fixing it, though. How's the battery health? CoconutBattery will give you a better idea.

battery life when on is around 4hrs using wifi, safari and mail.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Okay, so fairly normal. Well, there goes the only idea I had. 😛

 

[tildesley]

Okay, so fairly normal. Well, there goes the only idea I had. 😛

been reading http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8312009, not good looking at that, there is no fix at present