![]() If you use the Air that way, you will most likely reach Apple’s “wireless web” battery life estimates. Apple ships the new MacBook Air without Flash installed.One bad Flash advertising banner can use a whole CPU core. Flash, the technology used for a lot of web video and animated ads, seems to be the “usual suspect” for most people in using CPU and using up their battery.Just 5% utilization of one of the Air’s two CPU cores can translate into 20 to 30 minutes less battery. Making the processor just a little busier can burn down the battery surprisingly faster.Long battery life comes mainly from the processor being idle most of the time, saving lots of power.The short battery times seen in forums – two to three hours – are possible too. ![]()
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