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KoolAid-Drink

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Sep 18, 2013
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As the subject line says — with generally normal use (Internet browsing, emails, occasional QEMU virtualization), my laptop's battery seems to run out quick. IE, down to 40% at around 6:30pm after being fully charged at 9am. Is this normal?
 

Aka757

macrumors 6502
Sep 22, 2016
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60% battery drain after 9.5 hours is probably about right for the M3 MacBook. I imagine the virtualization is a bit more taxing than the other areas but doesn’t seem out of the ordinary to me.
 
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