New MacBook Air work for half an hour longer than promised

In early June of this year, Apple announced the updated  laptop MacBook Air. The new ultra-thin machines are based on processors Intel Ivy Bridge, Equipped with high-speed USB 3.0 interface and the promise of up to 7 hours of battery life. In fact, according to the publication OSXdaily, Apple does not disclose all the features of the new "eir": computers capable of working offline on a half hour longer.

 

According to the information resource, a 13-inch version of the MacBook Air can achieve striking eight and a half hours of "autonomy" in the performance of typical user tasks. Bloggers held a series of tests, 13-inch model, and then published a table of battery life the new Apple-computers in the performance of certain tasks.

The battery life MacBook Air 13 ":

8:25 - screen brightness by 40%, backlit keyboard is 50%, work on the Internet via Safari without Flash, work with text in TextWrangler applications and Pages.

6:45 - screen brightness by 70%, backlit keyboard is 50%, work on the Internet via Safari without Flash, work with text in TextWrangler applications and Pages.

5:33 - screen brightness by 80%, backlit keyboard at maximum brightness, use "heavy" programs.

4:15 - the screen brightness to 100%, backlit keyboard is 100%, uses a lot of "heavy" programs: a browser Google Chrome (with the integration of Flash-engine) and 25 tabs open, edit photos in Pixelmator, the use of six gigabyte RAM, connected an external monitor.

3:40 - screen brightness by 80%, a typical use of software, active work with Wi-Fi (16GB download data at speeds of 1.2 Mb / s).

Thus, MacBook Air release in 2012 show more than decent results. Therefore, anyone who is prepared to buy a new "EIR", just does not have to worry about how much he can survive away from the wall outlet.