Hi everyone,
This is my first post on this site in a LONG time. It's nice to be back amongst the Apple community, the best tech community there is!.. So yesterday I finally delivery of my brand-new M1 MacBook Pro (Space Grey, 8GB Ram, 512GB SSD) and I'm absolutely over the moon with it. I know that there was a lot of hype leading up to the launch of the M1 era Macs, what Apple was claiming was so dramatic and revolutionary, it almost seemed like a pure fantasy. However I, like many others, have been utterly blown away by the performance of the Apple Silicone M1 MacBook's. This genuinely feels like a new era in personal computing. What Apple have done with these new machines is so overwhelmingly good it's almost frightening. I cannot even begin to express how happy and overwhelmed I am with my new MacBook Pro. Intel and other manufacturers are in serious trouble, they have a lot of ground to catch up.
On to the main point of my thread, the real-world battery performance. Like I said, I've only had the computer for 24 hours so I don't have a good grasp on it's battery performance over a range of tasks/uses.
For those of you who use full brightness, what kind of battery life have you been getting in real-world use and how does this stack up to Apple's claims? What I also want to know is how has your battery life been when using more intense programs (gaming, video editing, music creation etc...)? Using my limited experience with the new Pro, light web-browsing uses 4/5% per hour, but when watching 1080p/4K videos on a site like YouTube it's a little more taxing on the battery. However I've noticed that when using Garageband (I write and record a lot of music) the battery seems to drain significantly faster, and doesn't seem to be AS good as I hoped it would be. I was too busy working on some music to really notice just how much battery was used per hour.
Does that sound normal to you?
Are your experiences the same as mine? I'd really love to know what kind of battery performance you're getting in real-world use, with information on what apps you're using & how it drains the battery (percentage) per hour/how many hours you're getting from a full charge. I'm just looking for peace of mind and to know that everything is alright with my battery performance.
That's all I wanted to know, I'm really sorry for the long post (I'm just so excited to talk about my new MacBook Pro ? It's great to be part of the community again).
I hope you're all having a lovely day!
Kind Regards,
Pete.
This is my first post on this site in a LONG time. It's nice to be back amongst the Apple community, the best tech community there is!.. So yesterday I finally delivery of my brand-new M1 MacBook Pro (Space Grey, 8GB Ram, 512GB SSD) and I'm absolutely over the moon with it. I know that there was a lot of hype leading up to the launch of the M1 era Macs, what Apple was claiming was so dramatic and revolutionary, it almost seemed like a pure fantasy. However I, like many others, have been utterly blown away by the performance of the Apple Silicone M1 MacBook's. This genuinely feels like a new era in personal computing. What Apple have done with these new machines is so overwhelmingly good it's almost frightening. I cannot even begin to express how happy and overwhelmed I am with my new MacBook Pro. Intel and other manufacturers are in serious trouble, they have a lot of ground to catch up.
On to the main point of my thread, the real-world battery performance. Like I said, I've only had the computer for 24 hours so I don't have a good grasp on it's battery performance over a range of tasks/uses.
For those of you who use full brightness, what kind of battery life have you been getting in real-world use and how does this stack up to Apple's claims? What I also want to know is how has your battery life been when using more intense programs (gaming, video editing, music creation etc...)? Using my limited experience with the new Pro, light web-browsing uses 4/5% per hour, but when watching 1080p/4K videos on a site like YouTube it's a little more taxing on the battery. However I've noticed that when using Garageband (I write and record a lot of music) the battery seems to drain significantly faster, and doesn't seem to be AS good as I hoped it would be. I was too busy working on some music to really notice just how much battery was used per hour.
Does that sound normal to you?
Are your experiences the same as mine? I'd really love to know what kind of battery performance you're getting in real-world use, with information on what apps you're using & how it drains the battery (percentage) per hour/how many hours you're getting from a full charge. I'm just looking for peace of mind and to know that everything is alright with my battery performance.
That's all I wanted to know, I'm really sorry for the long post (I'm just so excited to talk about my new MacBook Pro ? It's great to be part of the community again).
I hope you're all having a lovely day!
Kind Regards,
Pete.