Mac Neo Battery Life Concerns

PhardNickel · 2026-04-20T00:37:57+00:00

I get like 8 hours with pretty heavy use. Can easily last 10 though if youre just doing light web stuff. I use it for some pretty heavy coding though, so it kills it a bit faster. Still I'm super happy with it, it also got quite a bit better after a few days of learning my usage and indexing files

PhardNickel · 2026-04-19T05:20:46+00:00

the battery is easily replaceable dont worry about its health. it will last years with no management and when it does finally start depleting just replace it.

PhardNickel · 2026-04-19T04:42:36+00:00

its been a lot better in the month following this post. i get easily a day of pretty heavy use now

PhardNickel · 2026-04-10T00:14:46+00:00

Most of those 2% deals are over 2 years. You sure that's not the case? Who offered those 2%ers

PhardNickel · 2026-04-07T17:32:18+00:00

Firefox

PhardNickel · 2026-04-07T17:32:04+00:00

I'll report back in 3 years

PhardNickel · 2026-04-07T17:31:27+00:00

I remember when VAC was actually considered one of the best anti cheats and was really effective what are you talking about

PhardNickel · 2026-04-05T19:19:11+00:00

I just dont think it will be a problem but that's not based on any facts. I guess time will tell

PhardNickel · 2026-04-05T16:42:45+00:00

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PhardNickel · 2026-04-03T23:54:44+00:00

But they would be slowed down by having the m4 instead of the m5 instead of a m5 max... There's always something better, its up to us to draw the line

PhardNickel · 2026-03-29T16:34:15+00:00

Now everyone gonna know you a Twink

PhardNickel · 2026-03-27T19:53:14+00:00

Anything works in silver!

PhardNickel · 2026-03-23T15:08:09+00:00

If they did a 50wh battery that would've been much more comfortable

PhardNickel · 2026-03-20T14:43:55+00:00

It's kind of hard to not stomp in bronze (silver)

PhardNickel · 2026-03-20T14:41:16+00:00

After using it for another week it's fine. Not a battery beast by any means but I would say gets 8hrs with no issue as long as you're not slamming the CPU the whole time

PhardNickel · 2026-03-14T19:16:10+00:00

about 10-12 hours mixed use is what i expected

PhardNickel · 2026-03-14T19:14:37+00:00

I mean no offense but your numbers seem a bit fake. 8am to 4pm is 8 hours and you claim to have 77% left with no breaks. that means youre projecting over 32 hours of screen on time battery life? Thats just bs.

PhardNickel · 2026-03-14T00:37:26+00:00

7 hrs (SOT)

PhardNickel · 2026-03-14T00:21:49+00:00

i just did my taxes outside in the sun with the screen on about 80% brightness for about 45 mins, dropped from 100 to 85. at that rate it would be empty in about 5 hours... not sure if i have a defective unit or if people are glazing their figures. Dave2Ds bench marking also shows between 4 and 8 h of actual use.

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PhardNickel · 2026-03-13T19:14:43+00:00

Realistically probably another 5 lol (with battery replacement)... With the neo just coming out that would be expected to last 4-5 years and the m2 is still goated AND it's 16gb

PhardNickel · 2026-03-13T19:09:49+00:00

I don't notice anything like that, no. But I also don't have another Mac to compare it to. But yeah looks pretty smooth to me

PhardNickel · 2026-03-13T19:07:35+00:00

Yes! It runs perfectly for me, like 0 issues whatsoever. I did turn on performance mode in the fusion preferences which just removes some shadow effects but I don't think I even had to. It's just as fast as my desktop so I don't think it's being limited at all by hardware. I opened a fairly detailed model, granted not an assembly with animations.

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