How good is the MBA Battery life?

[Anderson3133]

Let me know please. I really want / need one for taking notes in class and would like to know how long of battery life you guys get out of a full charge. Also, if possible, let me know which MBA you have (eg. 1.8/SSD etc.)
Thanks!

 

[NC MacGuy]

1.6 / 80. 3hr 45min to 4hr 30min. Airport, office, mail & display at 1/2 brightness. No complaints whatsoever.

 

[AstroHouse]

1.6 / 80. 3hr 45min to 4hr 30min. Airport, office, mail & display at 1/2 brightness. No complaints whatsoever.

I am getting the same performance, too.

 

[hotdamn]

1.6 / 80. 3hr 45min to 4hr 30min. Airport, office, mail & display at 1/2 brightness. No complaints whatsoever.

yup, couldn't agree more.
charging takes the same time, approximately.

if you are not using your wireless, add 1.5 hours.

 

[Anderson3133]

yup, couldn't agree more.
charging takes the same time, approximately.

if you are not using your wireless, add 1.5 hours.

Thanks all of you for answering so quickly! I do not have wireless at my school (High School) so I'm definately going to pick one of these up sometime this month. Thanks!

 

[fredrickyoon]

With internet use, wifi, MS Word, MS Excel, just the light basic stuff, I get between 4.5 to 5.0 hours per battery.

 

[NC MacGuy]

With internet use, wifi, MS Word, MS Excel, just the light basic stuff, I get between 4.5 to 5.0 hours per battery.

I guess there in lies one difference between my HDD and your SSD.

Still will wait for price to drop on those suckers before I'll pull the trigger.

 

[Sesshi]

I presume that's contiguous use, and even then I cast doubt on those figures. I get ~3.5 hours with wireless on, display two notches from minimum, officey stuff.

Unlike Vista, I can't choose between hibernate or sleep so for a quick startup time it's slept during the day. During the course of the average 8-hour working day, the instances of sleep during that time takes around 10% out of the charge - so you can extrapolate that even counting that, it doesn't actually go over 4 hours.