The 13-Inch MacBook Air

Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by pleb_nz on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:37PM (#32121732)

I have a 14 inch m1 pro.

When using it for work, I get approx 6 hours.

I'm confused when people report 20 hours usage. I'm guessing this is during very light work and it looks if sleep time?

FYI. My previous Lenovo p15v also got approx 6 hours. That was a great laptop as well - as good as the new MacBook, just without the looks.

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Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by Sirened on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:39PM (#32121763)

Depends on the work. I'm always amazed at how long my battery lasts when I'm just doing writing related tasks--I definitely see the two day battery life others mentioned--but anytime I'm touching code or compiling anything I get about 6-8 hours

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Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by 1123581321 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @06:03PM (#32122372)

What do you typically run? I can get down to 6-7 hours on the M1 Max if running something like a game engine in debug mode.

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Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by pleb_nz on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:57AM (#32124808)

Docker, rider, Firefox and a some of compiling.

Fact is, people say terrific battery. And I was looking forward to terrific battery. But I get the same as what my Lenovo would give me.

Maybe I was just already spoilt and lucky and expect8nh too much. 6 to 8 is still much better than 5 years ago.

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Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by danieldk on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:57AM (#32125006)

Fact is, people say terrific battery. And I was looking forward to terrific battery. But I get the same as what my Lenovo would give me.

The discussion about the MacBook Air and you are comparing to a MacBook Pro 14". I have both laptops and the battery life of the Air under heavier use is definitely better than a Pro. This is not surprising, the M1 Pro/Max have double the number of performance cores, the efficiency cores run at a higher clock, plus the Pro has active cooling and a brighter display. At the same time, the battery of the 14" is larger, but not twice as large (49.9 vs. 70 Wh).

I think for regular users, getting two day battery life on an Air is pretty normal. For instance my wife regularly used her Air for two work days before charging.

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Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by neurostimulant on Sunday July 17, 2022 @06:53PM (#32132309)

Docker on mac is a serious battery drain. You might get longer battery life by running docker remotely on other linux machine (e.g. using vscode remote development).

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