Friday, May 23, 2008
So what's going on with the Mac Book Pro battery/charger?
I had the opportunity to use my daughter's Mac Book Pro for a day. My Dell recently spat the dummy and I needed a laptop on-site for a day. We both code in C# so her MBP was already decked out with VMWare Fusion, VS2005, SQL Express, and the Dev Express library.
As this was my first time using a Mac I expected to struggle with key positions, key commands and the like; but it was not as bad as I thought it would be. Actually, I am impressed. The speed was far better than my desktop, which is certainly no slouch in the peformance ranks, and everything just seemed smoother and more integrated.
However, there was one confusing aspect, and hence this post.
I worked with the power adapter connected all morning. Just before lunch I noticed that I had only 24% battery life left and this surprised me. I checked the battery meter in both Lepoard and Windows, and they were unanimous in their findings. I disconnected the power cord and re-connected. No Change. The LED on the plug was bright red. I left for lunch, and upon my return both meters advised that there was a little over 4 hours of battery life remaining. Hmmm, maybe I mis-read things before lunch. I decided to keep working, and about 4 1/2 hours later I noticed that power was down to 20 minutes. This led me to think that I had beem working on battery all afternoon, but the power adapter was still plugged in and turned on, although i did notice that the LED was no longer red. It was off.
So, what's going on? I realise I know next to nothing about the MBP, and it is probably pure ignorance on my part, but either I have overlooked something or Macs are not as intuitive as I have been led to believe. I'll be happy to hear from someone about what it is that I have overlooked.
As this was my first time using a Mac I expected to struggle with key positions, key commands and the like; but it was not as bad as I thought it would be. Actually, I am impressed. The speed was far better than my desktop, which is certainly no slouch in the peformance ranks, and everything just seemed smoother and more integrated.
However, there was one confusing aspect, and hence this post.
I worked with the power adapter connected all morning. Just before lunch I noticed that I had only 24% battery life left and this surprised me. I checked the battery meter in both Lepoard and Windows, and they were unanimous in their findings. I disconnected the power cord and re-connected. No Change. The LED on the plug was bright red. I left for lunch, and upon my return both meters advised that there was a little over 4 hours of battery life remaining. Hmmm, maybe I mis-read things before lunch. I decided to keep working, and about 4 1/2 hours later I noticed that power was down to 20 minutes. This led me to think that I had beem working on battery all afternoon, but the power adapter was still plugged in and turned on, although i did notice that the LED was no longer red. It was off.
So, what's going on? I realise I know next to nothing about the MBP, and it is probably pure ignorance on my part, but either I have overlooked something or Macs are not as intuitive as I have been led to believe. I'll be happy to hear from someone about what it is that I have overlooked.
Labels: Mac, Technology
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