AnandTech on the New 15-Inch MacBook Pro's Battery Life

...and still less time than if I carry a second battery around. And, if I'm doing the LA-Paris trip more than occasionally, I probably have three batteries.

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Post by PStamatiou » Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 6:02 PM UTC

ibsulon wrote: post #4

...and still less time than if I carry a second battery around. And, if I'm doing the LA-Paris trip more than occasionally, I probably have three batteries.

3 batteries? you're crazy. http://www.seatguru.com/ + airline power adapter = win.

Re: AnandTech on the New 15-Inch MacBook Pro's Battery Life

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Post by chrisbolt » Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 6:03 PM UTC

ibsulon wrote: post #4

...and still less time than if I carry a second battery around. And, if I'm doing the LA-Paris trip more than occasionally, I probably have three batteries.

What airline are you flying LA-Paris that doesn't have outlets, even in economy?

Re: AnandTech on the New 15-Inch MacBook Pro's Battery Life

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Post by PStamatiou » Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 6:04 PM UTC

so i got my Late 2008 Unibody MBP in october and now i'll be lucky if i get 2:20 just doing wireless web browsing with low brightness (they claim 3:20 for the same). I'll check in 9 months and see what kind of battery life they're getting.

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Post by GHFigs » Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 6:31 PM UTC

ibsulon wrote: post #4

...and still less time than if I carry a second battery around. And, if I'm doing the LA-Paris trip more than occasionally, I probably have three batteries.

You've always been able to gain additional battery life by adding weight and cost. The remarkable thing here is that it has been done by adding neither. For the overwhelming majority of users, there is no downside to this. For the rest, it is an inconvenience at most.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 7:01 PM UTC

PStamatiou wrote: post #7

so i got my Late 2008 Unibody MBP in october and now i'll be lucky if i get 2:20 just doing wireless web browsing with low brightness (they claim 3:20 for the same). I'll check in 9 months and see what kind of battery life they're getting.

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Post by scotth » Mon, Jun 15, 2009, 7:08 PM UTC

PStamatiou wrote: post #7

so i got my Late 2008 Unibody MBP in october and now i'll be lucky if i get 2:20 just doing wireless web browsing with low brightness (they claim 3:20 for the same). I'll check in 9 months and see what kind of battery life they're getting.

Would it be possible to swap out the battery for one of the new ones? I'm in the same boat.