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Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#11

Post by hellofunk »

jakobegger wrote: post #5

The time remaining indicator was really useful. It was more than accurate enough. It allowed me to see at a glance if I had enough charge to finish the movie, if it would last for the rest of the train ride, etc. If I saw that the battery wouldn't last as long as I had expected, closing Slack would fix it. The problem with the time remaining indicator was that people started reporting the displayed time as actual run…

I've read several reviews by critics, as well as some users here on HN, that report that the new MacBook Pro battery is actually lasting quite a bit longer than its predecessor. I always found this surprising considering the current ongoing controversy.

I myself bought a brand-new 2015 model 15 inch, and I'm getting all day battery close to 12 hours. I've never had a laptop deliver such battery life before. And that's doing C++ development all day!

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#12

Post by vbezhenar »

jakobegger wrote: post #5

The time remaining indicator was really useful. It was more than accurate enough. It allowed me to see at a glance if I had enough charge to finish the movie, if it would last for the rest of the train ride, etc. If I saw that the battery wouldn't last as long as I had expected, closing Slack would fix it. The problem with the time remaining indicator was that people started reporting the displayed time as actual run…

There's Time Remaining indicator in the Activity Monitor, you don't need 3rd party tools.

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#13

Post by logicallee »

hellofunk wrote: post #11
jakobegger wrote: post #5

The time remaining indicator was really useful. It was more than accurate enough. It allowed me to see at a glance if I had enough charge to finish the movie, if it would last for the rest of the train ride, etc. If I saw that the battery wouldn't last as long as I had expected, closing Slack would fix it. The problem with the time remaining indicator was that people started reporting the displayed time as actual run…

I've read several reviews by critics, as well as some users here on HN, that report that the new MacBook Pro battery is actually lasting quite a bit longer than its predecessor. I always found this surprising considering the current ongoing controversy. I myself bought a brand-new 2015 model 15 inch, and I'm getting all day battery close to 12 hours. I've never had a laptop deliver such battery life before. And that'…

Sorry did you mean 2016 (if you did and correct it I'll delete this comment, so don't reply to it) which your context implies

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#14

Post by johansch »

frankomonster wrote: post #3

Love that Apple keeps adding "features" like this. Not even SlimBatteryMonitor still works thanks to this update. What a time to be alive, watching Apple choke on their own arrogance. Their one shot at a big comeback is the iPhone 10th anniversary edition. If it is as much of a smash hit as Robert Scoble keeps heralding then Apple will be golden for another decade.

This hilarious Scoble piece?

https://virtualrealitypop.com/im-inside-tim-cook-s-head-but-...

I wonder what he has been smoking.

I love this sentence:

"You pop it into a headset which has eye sensors on it, which enables the next iPhone to have a higher apparent frame rate and polygon count than a PC with a Nvidia 1080 card in it."

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#15

Post by antnisp »

hellofunk wrote: post #11
jakobegger wrote: post #5

The time remaining indicator was really useful. It was more than accurate enough. It allowed me to see at a glance if I had enough charge to finish the movie, if it would last for the rest of the train ride, etc. If I saw that the battery wouldn't last as long as I had expected, closing Slack would fix it. The problem with the time remaining indicator was that people started reporting the displayed time as actual run…

I've read several reviews by critics, as well as some users here on HN, that report that the new MacBook Pro battery is actually lasting quite a bit longer than its predecessor. I always found this surprising considering the current ongoing controversy. I myself bought a brand-new 2015 model 15 inch, and I'm getting all day battery close to 12 hours. I've never had a laptop deliver such battery life before. And that'…

Do you compile your code locally?

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#16

Post by hellofunk »

antnisp wrote: post #15
hellofunk wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've read several reviews by critics, as well as some users here on HN, that report that the new MacBook Pro battery is actually lasting quite a bit longer than its predecessor. I always found this surprising considering the current ongoing controversy. I myself bought a brand-new 2015 model 15 inch, and I'm getting all day battery close to 12 hours. I've never had a laptop deliver such battery life before. And that'…

Do you compile your code locally?

Yes. My workflow is emacs + clang.

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#17

Post by hellofunk »

logicallee wrote: post #13
hellofunk wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've read several reviews by critics, as well as some users here on HN, that report that the new MacBook Pro battery is actually lasting quite a bit longer than its predecessor. I always found this surprising considering the current ongoing controversy. I myself bought a brand-new 2015 model 15 inch, and I'm getting all day battery close to 12 hours. I've never had a laptop deliver such battery life before. And that'…

Sorry did you mean 2016 (if you did and correct it I'll delete this comment, so don't reply to it) which your context implies

2015 model, bought brand new a couple weeks ago. Apple made the smart move of still selling last year's model as part of the current product lineup.

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#18

Post by matt4077 »

johansch wrote: post #14
frankomonster wrote: post #3

Love that Apple keeps adding "features" like this. Not even SlimBatteryMonitor still works thanks to this update. What a time to be alive, watching Apple choke on their own arrogance. Their one shot at a big comeback is the iPhone 10th anniversary edition. If it is as much of a smash hit as Robert Scoble keeps heralding then Apple will be golden for another decade.

This hilarious Scoble piece? https://virtualrealitypop.com/im-inside-tim-cook-s-head-but-... I wonder what he has been smoking. I love this sentence: "You pop it into a headset which has eye sensors on it, which enables the next iPhone to have a higher apparent frame rate and polygon count than a PC with a Nvidia 1080 card in it."

That's quite an insult to pot. Robert Scoble is just an idiot.

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#19

Post by logicallee »

hellofunk wrote: post #17
logicallee wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry did you mean 2016 (if you did and correct it I'll delete this comment, so don't reply to it) which your context implies

2015 model, bought brand new a couple weeks ago. Apple made the smart move of still selling last year's model as part of the current product lineup.

So you would get 9 hours on this year's model (likely enough for you.)

This year's has give or take a 75 watt hour battery while last year's has give or take 100 watt hours, so to arrive at the above figure I quoted three quarters of what you reported.

Re: MacBook Battery Time Remaining

#20

Post by azr79 »

Excuse me?!

That's how it worked for years and everyone knew that, and still it was useful to estimate the current workload of your machine.

Why all of the sudden something that worked for years isn't viable anymore coincidentally when people started complaining about new MBP's shitty battery life? Nobody's buying it.

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