You should get muchmore than 3 hours, especially if the brightness is 0, are you remembering to turn it down to zero each time? The mac assmes that if you shut down with a brightness of 0 and you might forget and think your display is not working the next time you power up. So, if you shut down with a brightness of 0, the next time you start up it goes back to full brightness, that will definitely drain the battery very fast. However, if you are setting the brightness to 0 each time, it should last much longer, the screen curtain will make no difference in this case, actually setting the brightness to 0 is a better approach. On Nov 15, 2010, at 9:20 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote:
> Hello list. This computer has long battery life according to the specs. They > say up to 10 hours. > I new that this is not true, especially for us voice over users. However, I > am getting about 3 hours when the battery is fully charged. Is this normal? > I of course have my screen brightness to 0. Will the screen curtain function > of voice over help? > What are your observations with battery and macbook pro? > > Nektarios. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
