Apple M1 silicone macs battery life is the real deal.

[LFC2020]

Got my base model 13” M1 MacBook Pro today, set it up, installed the latest Big Sur update, charged it to 100% been using safari for most of the day, watched a few videos, ran a few Geekbench benchmarks, all at 50% brightness.

Just over 5 hours of usage, battery was at 92% absolutely amazing, still can’t believe it.

If i was using my old 13” 2016 MacBook Pro I’d most likely have 30% battery life left.

Good riddance intel, hello apple silicone. ?

Overall this machine is a pleasure to use, anyone thinking of buying one won’t be disappointed.

 

[Henk van Ess]

Joy! @LFC2020 what is your setup ? RAM and SSD?

 

[Jackorias]

Mine's down to be delivered within the next 2-3 hours. So excited!

 

[dboris]

Lol that would translate in 37H of battery life, allow me to doubt .
Tho I'm certain it will be impressive.

 

[limesmoothie]

This is good information - battery life is a big factor for me, and if it is anywhere near what has been claimed, I’m switching!!

 

[Henk van Ess]

that would translate in 37H of battery life

That would barely cover my daily use

 

[japasneezemonk]

Woah! That’s great to hear.

What about ram? When using multiple apps and running safari or chrome with multiple tabs does it still feel fast?

 

[clangers23]

Amazing, that's what's critical for me, if the MBA/MBP M1 only performed as well as their predecessors but achieved the quoted battery life I'd be delighted.

 

[acidfast7_redux]

This makes me sad. I was hoping to beat my previous record of 3100 or so battery cycles with this new machine

 

[1221320]

Sounds great! As someone who has been living with a laptop with 2 hours of battery life, I'm looking forward to this.

(Although there is a huge difference between silicon and silicone... ?)

 

[LFC2020]

Joy! @LFC2020 what is your setup ? RAM and SSD?

Base model, honestly more than enough, plus didn’t want to go to hard, since the big boy 16” is just around the corner ???

 

[LFC2020]

Woah! That’s great to hear.

What about ram? When using multiple apps and running safari or chrome with multiple tabs does it still feel fast?

Honestly can’t tell you about that, mainly use it for browsing the web and entertainment.

Put it this way if I was using my old intel MacBook Pro, I would’ve had 30% battery life left. ?‍♂️?

 

[swarlos]

This is exciting to hear!! I’m getting my M1 MacBook Air in the next week. I can’t wait!!

 

[LFC2020]

Lol that would translate in 37H of battery life, allow me to doubt .
Tho I'm certain it will be impressive.

Get ready to be blown away. ??

 

[Stuart in Oz]

Sounds great! As someone who has been living with a laptop with 2 hours of battery life, I'm looking forward to this.

(Although there is a huge difference between silicon and silicone... ?)

I don't know, I think Intel might be feeling a certain type of Apple Silicone right now...

 

[fivenotrump]

great news!

BTW: silicon ≠ silicone

 

[anshuvorty]

Here is my battery life summary after using it since 6 pm yesterday (when my laptop was fully charged up to 100%):

Make of that what you will...
Specs:

• MacBook Air with M1 (256 GB SSD/8 GB RAM)

 

[1221320]

Here is my battery life summary after using it since 6 pm yesterday (when my laptop was fully charged up to 100%):

View attachment 1672544

Make of that what you will...
Specs:

• MacBook Air with M1 (256 GB SSD/8 GB RAM)

Well... I’m not sure WHAT to make of it, as it says it was last charged back up to 26%. How often have you been plugging it in since 6pm yesterday?

 

[pshifrin]

I have a MBP 16gb/1tb version and I'm stuck in bed due to a surgery on Monday. My projected battery life is at least 12 hours based on current non-stop usage this morning!

 

[SlCKB0Y]

I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but this MBA also seems to charge back to full capacity extremely quickly.

 

[anshuvorty]

Well... I’m not sure WHAT to make of it, as it says it was last charged back up to 26%. How often have you been plugging it in since 6pm yesterday?

Yeah, I just plugged it in briefly (for 10 min) when it was at 26%. Other than that, it was unplugged from 100% - 26% or so.

 

[FreeWoRLD83]

2020 MacBook Air (M1) Base config.

Around 7.5 hours of on-screen time so far. No charge since 100% at 8:51PM yesterday. All that usage yesterday is a combination of watching multiple 4K HDR videos on YouTube, HBO TV Series, a lot of web browsing, some app installations, some iOS app installations and obviously the initial background processes (Spotlight etc). Also, during the whole 5-6 yesterday, I had my Bluetooth headphones connected and active all the time. Not yet today.

Projected screen on time I believe will be around 14-15h. Pretty much what Apple says. I love it.

 

[deeddawg]

Apple Silicone Mac?

Is that the "enhanced" Hollywood model?

 

[japasneezemonk]

Geez Louise! This battery life is making me so jealous! I'm trying to be rational and hold out until we see what they do with the rest of the line up but I can't deny... I WANT ONE NOW ?.

 

[DocMultimedia]

I worked for about four hours today mostly doing web browsing and text editing, and then did a one hour video chat. Battery went down from 100% to 89%. I'm truly blown away. Best new technology in years. MBA 16g/512g/8c.