Battery drain with 10.8.3 and SSD

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Battery drain with 10.8.3 and SSD

has anyone noticed a battery drainage over 10.8.2 and 10.8.3, i got my macbook with 10.8.2 about a week ago and i took the stock HDD out and put in a 256gb ssd and reinstalled Mtn lion via a stock 10.8 DVD and then updated to 10.8.3 but my battery just does not seen as it shoudl. i loose about 1% every three to 5 minutes or (10% an hour) i would think i would get more battery. i am normally just doing light web browsing and word processing in class. i noticed my ssd was talking a lot of the swap. is that the reason. i orered more ram becuase i need it anyway but is that the cusae of should do i need to make another trip back to the apple sotre, BTW the battery reports normal with only 7 cycles on it. or i am just crazy and this seems normal...

Thanks ahead

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 2.3GHz i7 quad, 4gb ram

Posted on May 2, 2013 10:53 AM

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littlehawk4145

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May 3, 2013 2:36 PM in response to DeathBlade

that sems about right. the batteries are rated for 7 hours, so if your 10% per hour is true, your getting 10 hours which is abouve rating so you are above the advertised rating.

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May 3, 2013 2:59 PM in response to littlehawk4145

Hey thanks for responding, yeah, when you think about it it does. i did a test and went from 100 ( will, 99% by time i got to my classes ) to about 61% after 5 hours of class though not on the full time that's a combo of word processing and web and e-mail and sleep off and on.. i've seen many posts about poor battery after 10.8.3 so i am not going to jump the gun till 10.8.4 is off dev seed and in the real world for consumers.. i've also herd new batteries take time to show full potential I don't know if that is true or not

Thanks 🙂

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