How long is normal battery life for late 2011 macbook air?

I would also note that the 11" and 13" have different lives. While the 11" has a smaller screen to drive (and thus, in theory, less power) it also has less space for a battery. So it turns out the 13" has a longer battery life, all other things being equal (same usage and the like).
Clearly what's "average" will vary by user. Depending on what I'm doing, I can get Apple's rated life (or darned close) or I could end up well short of that life. The "rated" life is 5 hours for the 11" and 7 hours for the 13" but that is, at best, a very rough approximation. As the picture in captfred's response makes clear, the actual usage of the machine has a huge influence.

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My first iPad is nearly out of warranty. According to the Apple store 'Genius' app (the little hand held device they seem to look at a great deal), my battery is "normal".
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The specs for the iPad 2 state that you can expect
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Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network
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Testing conducted by Apple in February 2012 using preproduction iPad units and software. Testing consisted of full battery discharge while performing each of the following tasks: video playback, audio playback, and Internet browsing using Wi-Fi or cellular data network. Video content was a repeated 2-hour 23-minute movie purchased from the iTunes Store. Audio content was a playlist of 358 unique songs, consisting of a combination of songs imported from CDs using iTunes (128-Kbps AAC encoding) and songs purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Internet over Wi-Fi and cellular data network tests were conducted using dedicated web and mail servers, browsing snapshot versions of 20 popular web pages, and receiving mail once an hour. All settings were default except: Wi-Fi was associated with a network (except for Internet browsing over cellular data network); the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off. Battery life depends on device settings, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPad units; actual results may vary.

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Device name: ASMB012
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0110
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0200
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Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4836
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Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 2903
Voltage (mV): 11679

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8 GB or 16 GB? and if 16 GB can OSX Lion take advantage of all of the ram?

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Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6770M 1024 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)
Serial-ATA:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 6 Series Chipset
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Revision: GQ006B
Serial Number: XXXXXXXX
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Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
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Medium Type: Rotational
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BSD Name: disk0s1
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BSD Name: disk0s3
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Speaker:
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S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio Input:
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S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio Output:
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How long is the battery life?

Just curious

If you mean a fully charged iPod Classic battery, when new, it is about 40 continuous hours of music or about 6 hours of video.
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Most iPod after the first year, has about 30 hours of continuous music, and about 4-5 hours of video.
Have a nice day!

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