“By now you’ve heard that under ‘normal’ usage, the Air can only manage about 2.5 hours of battery life. That’s true and at the same time it isn’t. I touch on part of this in the review, but the MacBook Air isn’t designed to be your work notebook – no ultra portable is. It’s a notebook for a writer, for someone taking notes in class; it’s a second notebook, or a third system. As such, the typical usage model can be very different than your standard notebook,” Anand Lal Shimpi reports for AnandTech.
“At the same time, most of the people considering the Air aren’t looking at it as a second notebook or a third system, they are looking at it as their primary notebook (and will be left sorely disappointed or frustrated after a while). The end result is that you need a handful of battery life tests to really cover all bases. And that’s what I’ve done,” Lal Shimpi reports.
Lal Shimpi’s tests revealed:
• 4.27 hours for wireless Internet browsing and MP3 playback
• 3.42 hours for DVD playback
• 2.43 hours for Xvid playback, Web browsing, and heavy downloading
More in the full article here.
“Ampar wins”
Congratulations Ampar. As I recall, last time there was a pun competition, ChrissyOne won by one pun pun.
OK the Micro Me, I was then curious about Ampar’s name. Dictionary says:
“Ampar is a non-NMDA-type ionotropic transmembrane receptor for glutamate that mediates fast synaptic transmission in the central nervous system”
Now it all becomes clear…
Or wasn’t that what you were thinking Amp?
I put up a lot of resistance to writing that parallels these series of comments but I have something to say that may shock all of you. Lord Voltemort is real and bought EverReady’s battery division. In that way he could make sure that the MBA batteries could keep going anion. anion, anion………..
“Or wasn’t that what you were thinking Amp?”
You certainly didn’t sell me short. I could axon at these but I’d better bolt now.
(And thanks, Uncle Al and Micro Me.)
No problem Ampar. After all, puns are your bread and buttery.
Wow… just… wow!
I cannot remember when was the last time I saw this many puns in one single thread! Some creative bunch! Of course, leave it to Ampar to take the crown (not for the lack of trying of others, though – it was quite a contest!)
Ampar –
I C what you are doing all the way backup to your original post. I’ll have to give you a double A or even a triple A rating. Yes I’m positive – I definitely not negative on your posts. More power to you. You have my support and I am sure we could get an additional 9 volts of confidence.
Peace.
Is it snappier with the battery or on wall juice?
2MB MacBook Pro vs 2MB MacBook Air SSD
What $3000 MBA gets you vs MBP + AppleCare for $3000
Performance: Xbench MBA % of MBP 100%
CPU 87% (MBA slower)
Thread 60%
Memory 100% (both same)
Quartz 75% (MBA slower)
OpenGL 14% (WOW! Crawling vs MBP)
User Interface 38% (wow! Slow vs MBP)
Disk Test: not accurate due to data on drives.
Conclusion: MBA Open GL sucks bad. If your program has a option to turn off Open Gl, use it. The integrated graphics is most likely responsible.
@Ampar
“They really assaulted the battery.”
Oi – that was my line back when we were looking into Chrissy1’s box!!
I for one am utterly revolted at the current discussion… let’s cut it short.
Regards, R Badger
The truth about MacBook Air battery life…
You can’t handle the truth!
somebody had to say it!
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That review is fresh until Aug 2012.
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I knew you had the potential for some alternates!
Ran MBA through it’s paces, it does get hot underneath, not nearly as hot as a MBP. Sort of a warm spot vs a egg frying hot spot.
The hot spot on a MBA is slightly on the left, right on your leg.
By the way, don’t accidentally wiggle the USB security connection to the Apple-Store MBA’s when playing with it’s lightness.
A very loud ear piercing siren occurs. :O
This is a complex issue for some who find it revolting that it deflects attention from the scale of the problem, placing them poles apart from others who are galvanized into action.
We should look at this series of tests in parallel from the perspective of Henry Watt, charged with battery and who tested positive for ion possession. Currently incapacitated at ohm, he has a magnetic personality that some find electrifying and he likes to curl up in his field with an ample supply of right hand rules for measuring flux. He has strong views on power consumption and reacts negatively when his power hungry wife displays her joules. Indeed, she claims he assaulted her recently and is positive she lost an electron.
Here’s another opportunity to contribute to a scintillating exchange. How can I re-fuse?
“A very loud ear piercing siren occurs.”
Isn’t she working the abandoned Dell kiosk outside the Apple Store?
Thanks, Predrag.
It’s been a real contact high.
Pft. Where is steve Balmer to point out that these batteries don’t even explode.
Thats watt I am afraid of.
I’m positive this will have a negative outcome.
Ugg… this thread seems to have a terminal illness about it.
Peace.
If the bronx is up, then the battery has to be down.
this conversation has been completely ionic.
Some of these are starting to sound recycled. But I still get a jolt out of all the cleverness here. Ampar is fully charged.