Been there done that since the era of Powerbooks - and it always causes my laptop's battery to deplete much faster.
Because I'm using my laptop to, well, work on the go a lot; this is a showstopper.
Because I'm using my laptop to, well, work on the go a lot; this is a showstopper.
I'm doing on that my 2014MBP, and it didn't cut the endurance to half, but need to re-test it for exact numbers. However, it doesn't appear in "power hungry applications" list unless you continuously compile something or run some service at 100% CPU load. Also, you can limit the resources it can use if you want to further limit it down.