Battery on MBA gen2 last longer?

[begoo]

Hi guys,

I've been thinking to buy macbook air gen2 this month sometimes,however I am concern about "how long the battery last on mba gen2"?

At the moment I owned Ibook 12'' G4 the battery still have a good one, around 4 or 4.5 hours, I also have second backup battery, so total is around 8 or 9 hours battery a day.

I am kind of mobile person, I need apple laptop that can last longer on battery.

Any sugestion on battery for MBA gen2?


I've read alot here in forum about MBA, but I just want to focus on "battery" nothing else.

Should I buy this MBA? or not

If the battery last longer only 2.5 hours or top one is 3.5 hours any solution on this? to make longer?

 

[Cynicalone]

I've had the 1st generation Air for over 8 months. Just upgraded to the 2nd generation Air two weeks ago. The battery seems to have stayed basically the same. You have at most 3 to 3.5 hours of wireless productivity with the Air.

Without a user replaceable battery I can't recommend it if you need long battery life. A better option for you would be a Macbook imo.

 

[McGilli]

I'd say NO. You will get around 4 hours probably - maybe 5 - but mine takes 8 and 1/2 hours to charge.

Since it is not removable - I would say with your current 2 battery configuration on your 12"

 

[keantan]

I don't know about you guys, I can get between 3 and 5.5 hrs out of my MBA 1.6 SSD.

 

[Ironic]

So far tonight a bit over 5 Hours SSD.

 

[tigres]

So far tonight a bit over 5 Hours SSD.

Get out. really?

Sleeping doesn't count

I get about <3 so far just using safari.

 

[Cynicalone]

So far tonight a bit over 5 Hours SSD.

How? Do you have the screen turned off with no wi-fi?

 

[fizzwinkus]

i get about 4.5 hours surfing on wifi - just keep the screen around 60% brightness

 

[Ironic]

screen down to 50% and Wi Fi on.

 

[McGilli]

Last night, full battery- started Logic Pro which pegs one of the CPU cores to full - and i got exactly 3 hours of use until the battery hit 2% and i shut down. monitor at half and keyboard backlight on the whole time.