After second day with non-Touch version 13" I must admit that battery life stabilise. I'm very happy with it.
Quick note to everybody freaking out here -- expect +10 hrs of
normal use. Don't expect it when you are using external drives (or anything connected) or doing anything requiring power (computation, VM, compiling etc.).
+ Bear in mind that non-Touch MacBook is the actually successor to MacBook Air - it should deliver solid 12hrs IMO. MacBook Touch version will deliver up to 10hrs - it is using 28W CPU and
it will use more energy if you push it (almost x2) - don't expect 10 hrs at full power.
13" noTouch MacBook has 4790 mAh battery
, to reach 12 hours it must average 400 mAh. Check your reading with either coconutbattery or battery health (available at Appstore) -then you can judge if you 'get a lemon'
. If screen is not at full blast and you are just browsing internet, checking emails you should get +14 hrs easily with 13" noTouch version or we should rather call it
late 2016 MacBook Air Retina.
BTW - can somebody share battery capacity in mAh for 13 MacBook TouchBar??
My final test will be on Monday - In the morning I have a 3 hours lecture running through VGA projector. Every week (5 in row) with my current retina 2015 after 3 hours I had ca. 70-72% left (running from full charge).
If I can replicate it and get even better results it will be the final (real life usage) test. I could conclude and finally have a closure on this subject
I will post results on Monday.
See ya!