Uni Macbook's battery life

[Q1Design]

Hi all,
It's my first posting after reading MacRumors every day for last tow years.
I bought a new Uni MacBook 2.0 three weeks ago replacing year old white MB. I love it and all but I'm not happy with the battery life. I'd be really lucky to get 3 hours from only surfing the net and chatting no iTunes or movies.
My old white MB lasted much longer than that.

Is that normal? or should I call Apple?
Thanks.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Have you followed the suggestions here?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446

Oh yeah, and welcome.

 

[Q1Design]

Have you followed the suggestions here?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446

Oh yeah, and welcome.

Thanks for very quick repley BlueRevolution! love this community
I have done all that turn off the bluetooth, mid brightness, no other running apps other than Firefox and msn using Airport WiFi.

The iStat shows the battery 6 cycles and 100% healthy.
hmmmmm...

 

[miles01110]

What is the milliamperage*hours??

 

[Insulin Junkie]

It doesn't sound normal to me... by browsing the net alone / chatting on iChat I get about 4.5 hours out of it. If I watch a movie in between the battery life is still well above 3 hours.

 

[Andy348]

Wrong thread, sorry

 

[crazyxzer0]

depending on what I am browsing online, it can range from 3-5hours.


If i'm on Youtube alot, it diminishes very fast. Flash is not a friend of the battery. Minimal text reading like articles and journals can expect 5hours.