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And yet not a word about battery power. You'd think that if this is in this one, they'd have it at the top of the list.

I saw a report from someone that upgraded where the battery life went from < 3 hours to > 6 hours.

I just upgraded ~30 minutes ago, still at 98%. It's a good sign, but I was worried when there was nothing about it in the notes. Will report back when it's closer to 50% or so (I've been getting ~4-5hrs after a typical 8-9).

Edit: So far with half brightness and daily apps open (Mail, Safari, iTunes, Terminal > vim, TextMate) OS estimates 7:39. It feels like it's still going a little quick, but I could be wrong as I don't always leave iTunes or Safari to do their business.

Mid-day followup: original post at 1pm, had been running for ~30m.

Current time... 4:05... close TextMate, open InDesign. 56%, est. 2:22 remaining (obv. due to InDesign, even with a small file). No change in brightness.

Just browsing HN with iGPU on and my 17" dropped fast from 98% to 89% - it does show 7:04 Remaining though. Not confident about the battery life fix.

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