Flash, the technology used for a lot of web video and animated ads, seems to be the “usual suspect” for most people in using CPU and using up their battery.Just 5% utilization of one of the Air’s two CPU cores can translate into 20 to 30 minutes less battery. Making the processor just a little busier can burn down the battery surprisingly faster.Long battery life comes mainly from the processor being idle most of the time, saving lots of power.The short battery times seen in forums – two to three hours – are possible too.The battery life estimates that Apple gives – 7 hours for MacBook Air 13 and 5 hours for MacBook Air 11 for wireless web – are possible.MacBook Air Battery Life – The Short Answer It just doesn’t occur to most people that they could buy their Mac Air there, and save a bit of money. If you hang on until the end of the article (or just scroll down), you can also find out where you might get a discount on a new MacBook Air, from a company you already know.

For these people, I’ve written a short answer with the essentials until I’m able to complete the main article. Some people may be holding out on buying a new MacBook Air until the issue of battery life has been cleared up. This is a big article to write – there’s a lot of information to integrate, and lots of references, tricks & surprising findings I don’t want to leave out.

Mac battery software developers ( coconutBattery, App Tamer, ClickToPlugin, FlashFrozen).

forums (Whirlpool Forums, Apple’s Support Forum).

industry authorities (Macworld, AnandTech, Engadget, ArsTechnica, LAPTOP Magazine).

To piece together the MacBook Air battery life puzzle, information is used from:

The battery times in this article are specifically for the current MacBook Air 2011 / 2012 model, released mid-2011 (July). The battery life for Core i7 processor upgrade is also compared with the standard Core i5 processor. Both the MacBook Air 11 inch and MacBook Air 13 inch models are covered. This article gives both real life times and benchmarksfor the 2011 / 2012 MacBook Air‘s battery life. You’ll learn the probable cause for this. Others say its fine – a little warm sometimes, nothing unusual. Some people are complaining of the new MacBook Air being too hot and running the fan too often. There’s a big range in battery life reported for the new MacBook Air (MBA) – in the article you’ll discover why. You’ll also learn how to get great battery life. What’s the truth? How much battery life will you get? Upset buyers say the battery lasts 2 hours. Apple claims 7 hours of battery life for the current MacBook Air 2011 / 2012 model.

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