Bluetooth is on. Turn it off - huge battery sucker. It'll keep trying to synchronize to other devices to keep the list of stuff updated.

What programs do you have running in the background? I find that Parallels and other heavy-duty background programs will suck down power too.

Try to uninstall adobe flash and see if your comp lasts up to the 10hours stated. I have a new mb air 11.6...lasted about 3-4hours with flash...and definitely a lot longer without it.


Who uses ethernet port + disk drives now anyways? everything is accessible online

Just adobe programs. I use BT for my might mouse.

Oh and 2 hours was not the exact time of the battery life..

The battery time without BT on with wifi is about 3:50 full bat.





With full battery and charger plugged in. It shows up 4210 mAh as full charge wtf lol

My GF's was near spot on from the factory w/ the calibrated settings of a Spyder 3 ...

Don't need to uninstall Flash. Use the Flashblock extension in your browsers. It's the best solution, save battery without gimping your computer.


Flashblock is for Chrome and Firefox.
ClickToFlash is the Safari version. The cool thing for the safari version is that it will try to find H264 versions of the video to play.

Sounds about right for a Late 2008.
Your battery is 33% smaller than the newer MBP's.

There is one thing that can do to extend the battery life on your MBP drastically.
If you're not playing games or using 3D for any apps, turn off the GPU.
On my MBP it doubles the battery life and it's a lot cooler on your lap.

The setting is under System Preferences -> Energy Saver -> Better Battery Life

Can you please elaborate more on this? Other than the fact that it is glossy instead of matte. thanks

Yeah, i was already on better battery life settings

My macbook pro purchased June 2010 lasts ~5 hours max.

Lower your brightness and unless you are in a dark place shut off keyboard backlight. Also check your gpu settings. I have wi-fi, bt(mouse) brightness at 4 bars and keyboard at 2 bars. Avg ~7 hrs daily.
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By 'calibrated' I meant the colour calibration of the screen. Every LCD screen I've seen so far has been cool (meaning a little blue) out of the box. Also, they are set to maximum brightness, which when editing photos will screw up your prints. When editing photos, the screen should be set to about 95 lumens, so about 2/3 or 3/4 brightness.

Then she was very lucky! I've never seen an LCD screen that was just right.

To the people who are having issues about battery life, check to see which performance mode your mac is in.

System Preferences > Energy Saver, and select Better Battery Life.

Weird, I don't have that in mine!

I'm not sure if it's my laptop or superstore, but photos that look good on my MBP come out way over saturated when I got them printed :(

Also I noticed something odd with my MBP on istat vs my iMac

MBP:
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf...28n8o1_100.png


iMac:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf...28n8o1_100.png

They both are similarly specced core 2 duos but I'm wondering what it means to have a huge chunk of inactive memory like that?

Another thing I find is that the temperatures on the iMac are higher but the fan is much quieter and slower although it might just be a matter of how close I sit to the 20" vs the 13" lol

It's only applicable to 15" and 17" MacBook Pro's with a dedicated GPU.

You can't compare the temperatures of a notebook with a desktop.
They're have completely different designs in dissipating heat.
Your MBP only has 1 tiny heatsink with a fan the size of a casino chip, while the iMac has a huge heatsink and 3-4 fans depending on the model.


Inactive memory depends on what programs you are and were running. Sometimes the system won't release the memory as "Free" even after a program was quit.

Check activity monitor to see what processes are running in the background of your Mac. Make sure to select "All Processes" in the drop down menu.

There are some daemons that might be using cpu cycles and draining your battery.



You can also try some other methods of conditioning your battery.
There are some articles on freezing a battery to restore some of the life. The reasoning behind this is to align the molecules in the battery.

1. Drain the battery until the computer shuts off.
2. Place battery into a zip lock bag and let the air out to prevent moisture build up.
3. Stick the battery into the fridge over night.
4. Put the battery back into the notebook and let it fully charge, before you unplug it.

my battery health is only at 14%. Either time for a new battery or just buy a new MBP

forgot to shut off my macbook since mondays lecture, went to lecture today with 19% battery, and managed to do some browsing + note taking till lecture was over:fullofwin:

usually my battery estimates 12hours or so, but i only charge it once a week after all my classes at SFU, (total of 9hours)

whats a good software/hardware or shop that can do calibration on MBP? Got a 13 inch thats got at least 200 hours burned in...

i've used the one that is provided with apple, but im not sure if im doing it right.

Spyder color calibrators are usually pretty good.

Did you guys get all your adobe software torrented or you actually buy them?
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I bought because I use the software professionally. That way I get service and support.
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yepp im a crazy apple fan, got macbook pro, battery life is amazing lOL doesnt last ten hours for me anymore tho, more like 7 hours