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Re:2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats by rayiner on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @01:03PM (#13015983)
I wonder how much of the battery life issue is that the new one has a much brighter backlight. Half brightness should get you about 250 nits on the new one, versus 150 nits on the old one. Tests that calibrate to an actual brightness level rather than a given brightness setting don't seem to show worse battery life.
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Re:2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats by MitjaBezensek on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @01:14PM (#13016088)
The users used the same settings brightness settings as Apple on their benchmarks (75% brightness) just to be sure. But the observed battery life was often half that of the official one.
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Re:2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats by rayiner on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @01:18PM (#13016133)
75% brightness on a 500 nit display is insane. Did the previous generation specify 75% brightness setting for the wireless web test? Typical indoor tests are conducted at 100-200 nits.
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