Hi Missy, I'm afraid that I can't confirm this issue either. I have a macbook pro, so perhaps that has a longer battery life. I've ran this on battery several times since upgrading and had no issues to speak of. Best, Zack. On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote:
> Hello, all! I've just found a major, major problem with lion, and am > wondering if anyone else has experienced it yet. This one is almost serious > enough to make me want to run back to snow leopard, but I'm not entirely sure > how to do that, but my questions and concerns regarding downgrading aren't > what I wanted to post about here. > I have a 2011 macbook pro mc724LLA. Before lion, I was getting around 8 hours > of battery life with screen brightness at 0 and just leaving the mac idle to > check twitter and things. I'd use it from time to time for other tasks, and > even then would get around 8 hours of productivity on a fully charged > battery. Well, I decided this morning that I would let it run on battery for > a little while; I typically just leave my macbook plugged into an outlet > since it primarily lives on a desk in my dining room. Still, I try to drain > the battery at least once every week or two so that it will be in good shape > if I ever do need to travel. > Anyway, I disconnected the AC adapter as I usually do, and then checked the > status menu. It told me I was going to get nearly 10 hours off the battery > charge. I was pretty excited; figuring that I could leave it running happily > all day on battery. Well, no such luck. About 4-5 hours later, I went to see > if I had missed any direct messages or anything on twitter, and the macbook > was completely dead. Nothing I pressed would respond at all. I plugged in the > ac adapter, and everything came back to life, and now it's 1 hour 24 minutes > til the battery is fully charged. > So, I guess my question is this: has anyone else noticed seriously reduced > battery life on their macbooks? I had one friend on twitter confirm that he's > experiencing the same problem, so am almost definite that this isn't just me. > If I find one more flaw in lion, I am going to figure out how to downgrade to > snow leopard, that's for sure! > Well, I guess that's it for now. I hope that everyone is having a really > wonderful day, and I'm really enjoying all the talk about taming the lion. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
