LION killing my 5hours battery life of MBA
anyone out there notice the battery life is decreased since upgraded to LION?
i used to have 5hours or sometime 4hours if running flash in chrome before i upgrade to lion.
but now, i have only facebook and apple discussion on my chrome tab.
other programs which running now are msn messenger and activity monitor which i used to run it always.
my system memory reading is 260mb free 500mb wired 990mb:active and 293.2mb: inactive. total of 1.74GB:used. my computer ram is 2Gb.
if no solution or update in near future. i might revert back to snowleopard. wasted 29USD on a OS which im not satisfied.
Hi,
I have a similar problem with my MBA 13" late 2010. I am curious who else has battery issues.
What I have done so far is:
recalibrate the battery (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1490)
resetted the SMC as suggested by John (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964)
What I was able to observe afterwards was the following:
When the MBA is idle the battery indicator says 12h running time which is the same as for Snow Leopard.
As soon as I use Safari, the time goes down. Right now, as I am typing this text, I have a running time of 6:15h with the battery at 96%.
Different programs consume different amounts of energy and it is possible that the new safari is better optimized for the new MBA. But this is just speculation until others have similar observations.
I look forward to other's experiences.
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