|
Wednesday February 20, 2008
|
We've learned to take manufacturer battery claims with a grain of salt--not least with Apple's claims. When Steve Jobs announced that the new Macbook Air featured a decent 5-hour battery life, most users no doubt expected to shave at least 20 to 30 minutes off of that number in real-world usage.
However, as a reader named Charles tipped us off to today, in many cases that number is closer to 2 hours, coupled with a staggering 8-to-10-hour charge time. The problems he noted are reflected on Apple.com's discussion boards, where users are complaining about various battery-life issues with their new notebooks.
Is anyone else having similar problems? Is your Air's battery working fine? Let us know in Comments.
|
|
|
Stumble
Digg
del.icio.us
Slashdot
February 21, 2008 4:02 PM
I have two macbook airs - one for me and one for my husband. Both can be used on our home network for about 4.5 hours before the batteries die. But we don't care - having lightweight laptops more than makes up for the power issues, if you even call it that, since anything more than 3 hours in my book on a single charge is fine with me. I did come across a website that is going to be selling macbook air battery kits in addition to their ipod battery kits so it looks like there is hope for those who want more battery time or a replacement option for their mba laptops other than apple.
-Laura
May 25, 2008 6:20 PM
I agree wtih Mija and Laura. I haven't experienced battery problems with the macbook air.