Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max

Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by justapassenger on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @10:44AM (#34413843)

Battery is NOT whole day. People shouldn’t fall for that.

Yeah, battery is great, not arguing that. But if you use heavy web apps and do a lot of VC, half day is best you can get.

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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by robertoandred on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:08PM (#34415160)

I hope you don't use Chrome for those web apps. Google stuff has terrible power efficiency.

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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by justapassenger on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:36PM (#34415623)

Same effects both on Chrome and Safari.

But that's also irrelevant. Whole day of battery, if you don't use heavy apps is very different from whole day of battery.

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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by JimRoepcke on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:11PM (#34415202)

It is if you're using Safari. I have two M1 Max MBPs. My personal machine runs Chrome, and my work machine runs Safari. I can run my work machine for well over a day doing iOS development in Xcode with an external monitor attached and not run out of battery. The personal machine will last almost all day (without a monitor attached) but not quite. I'm sure if I used Safari it would last much longer.

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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by justapassenger on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:35PM (#34415602)

I've tried both. Safari does some neat tricks to reduce usage when pages are not active. But if you have a heavy webapp - you have a heavy webapp, and power will be used.

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