Next question, what is battery life like in bootcamp?
If I remember correctly, Windows 7 off Bootcamp isn't able to use intel graphics so will be always on discrete graphics.. which in turn drains more battery...
Next question, what is battery life like in bootcamp?
Next question, what is battery life like in bootcamp? Just managed to install windows 7 - had to muck about with restoring my OSX install from a time machine backup before boot camp would let me partition - so I haven't had any experience yet.
I do like reading all these battery threads. Kind of a self-administered reading-comprehension and intelligence test for the posters.
There is "mini battery logger" which allows you to get some info + stats on the current battery state. iStat menu allows you also to see the current battery amperage.Also, is there some sort of battery monitoring utility that can accurately detect what exactly the battery is doing? I find the default one to be somewhat sparse in terms of details.
Parallels does run up the CPU cycles. Apple certainly doesn't say anything on their page about running virtual machines and achieving 8-9 hours. 5 hours is pretty good for running Windows 7 in a VM. It's too much to expect if you want better battery life while running 2 OS's at the same time.