is it normal for my brand new macbook pro i9 16" battery to drain 65% during 2 hours zoom meeting?

Posted on Jul 15, 2020 10:52 AM

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Jul 15, 2020 11:09 AM in response to akholief

Unfortunately, yes. Zoom seems to be a resource hog. I can go for about 3 hours on my 2017 15" MBP in continuous Zoom meetings (I have a 16" MBP as well, but that's my personal machine so I don't have many Zoom meetings on it).

I've learned to have a power adapter handy!

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