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May 12, 2008 8:49 AM PDT

MacBook Air battery dying within 2 hours--any advice?

by Dave Rosenberg
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Having fixed my previous problem of the MacBook Air not actually going to sleep I am now seeing battery life of no more than 2 hours. It also seems to take about 4 hours for the battery to charge up completely...very strange.

I am not in Safe Sleep mode instead running a custom "quick sleep" setting. My friend is running the MBA with "Better Battery" and is also seeing about 2 hours of battery life.

Any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated.

Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs to open-source enterprise software companies. He is co-founder of MuleSource and currently serves as the general manager of Hardy Way. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can contact Dave via e-mail at softwareinterrupted@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @daveofdoom.
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by royrusso May 12, 2008 9:48 PM PDT
"any advice?" ... dell.com
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by NotSplash May 12, 2008 11:19 PM PDT
There are lots of reports of MacBook Air overheating woe!
http://www.maconair.com/mba_users_still_facing_with_overheating - I think this could be helpful.

There are some cases of Apple replacing the computer for users.
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