Is OS X Mountain Lion Crippling Laptop Battery Life?

[musiclee]

That seems to be the word on the street...google it & read all about it

What are you Probookers here experiencing? ML vs. Lion?

 

[aschewe]

That seems to be the word on the street...google it & read all about it

What are you Probookers here experiencing? ML vs. Lion?

I researched before buying my pro book that the battery life wasn't great but I don't use mine much without being able to plug in so it doesn't bother me too much. Thought I had also seen you could get a bigger battery for it bot not sure.

 

[faithie999]

i think the battery life with ML might be as much as an hour less than under Lion, based on a few days experience.

 

[musiclee]

it's probably due to this iOS & Cloud stuff in mountain Lion

i think apple is looking into this "problem"
so who knows maybe a maintenance update on the OS soon

 

[musiclee]

"Mountain Lion Found to Reduce Battery Life By 38%"

that's according to iclarified site
won't put link as i'm not sure it's allowed

 

[Songokussm]

for me using an i3 4530s, and the standard battery, doing photo editing, web browsing, etc. Nothing intensive.

SL:
3 hours to 3 hours and 20 minutes

ML:
2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes.

 

[Booya]

I haven't notice any change on any of my probook, all three still getting over 4+ hrs with normal use. I was able to watch 3 full HD movies and still had about 15% left.

 

[BigDonkey]

I haven't notice any change on any of my probook, all three still getting over 4+ hrs with normal use. I was able to watch 3 full HD movies and still had about 15% left.

What is your "Full Charged Capacity" from the "Power" info ? Mine is 4044 mAh
Brand new battery has 4400 mAh, so it currently has 90% of the original capacity.

 

[Booya]

What is your "Full Charged Capacity" from the "Power" info ? Mine is 4044 mAh
Brand new battery has 4400 mAh, so it currently has 90% of the original capacity.

At 100% is 6800 mAH, sorry fail to mention I'm using the 9 cell battery.