robhim Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I don't know if anyone has experienced this as much as I have but I think my leopard install wastes battery life to a degree way worse than tiger did. I'm using a Santa Rosa 2.2 Core 2 Duo MBP and at 95% charge I'm at about 3 hours of battery life which is significantly less than it would be when I was using tiger, i would probably have gotten 4 hours or something. anyone else notice a drop in battery life with leopard? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69706-battery-life/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiNeR Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I have the same mbp, and when i first installed leopard i unplugged the mbp from the mains and took it to another part of the house. I was shocked after about 3 hours it just powered off with no warning If i'd known it was about to die i would have plugged it in straight away i just wasnt expecting it. I'm sure tiger gave some warning before the battery died and i thought i usually get a bit longer out of the battery. Not a massive amount of time maybe another 20-40 mins extra using tiger. Leopard must be sucking more power we'll just have to wait for the new 45nm intel chips with less than 4w of power consumption when idle Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69706-battery-life/#findComment-494490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robhim Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 i wish there could be something done about my current mbp Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69706-battery-life/#findComment-494748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exscape Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I have the same mbp, and when i first installed leopard i unplugged the mbp from the mains and took it to another part of the house. I was shocked after about 3 hours it just powered off with no warning If i'd known it was about to die i would have plugged it in straight away i just wasnt expecting it. If it literally powered off (rather than sleep/standby), and it happens every time, your battery is most likely broken. Happened to me after a battery update, 5-20 minutes of battery time before it just died, no warning or anything. Apple gave me a replacement battery, and I haven't had any problems since then Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69706-battery-life/#findComment-494799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiNeR Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 If it literally powered off (rather than sleep/standby), and it happens every time, your battery is most likely broken.Happened to me after a battery update, 5-20 minutes of battery time before it just died, no warning or anything. Apple gave me a replacement battery, and I haven't had any problems since then thanks I think i'll test it again to confirm cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69706-battery-life/#findComment-495204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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