[Discuss] os x = poop?

[agabrielson1 at comcast.net (Anthony Gabrielson)]

Hi Rich, 
The article I was referencing was for 13" Macbook Pro, not an Air (my mistake): 
http://loicpefferkorn.net/2015/01/arch-linux-on-macbook-pro-retina-2014-with-dm-crypt-lvm-and-suspend-to-disk/ 

With that said, I'm not sure if I follow you. I think you're saying that battery life isn't that good? The author of the article above is claiming 9.5 hours which seems inline with OS X. That seems great to me, actually reduced laptop battery life in Linux has always been a grip for me. 

On the Flash note - I'm not a fan. I don't have Flash installed on my OS X laptops and I use Chrome for the one or two instances I need it. 

Anthony 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Richard Pieri" <richard.pieri at gmail.com> 
To: discuss at blu.org 
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 10:49:50 PM 
Subject: Re: [Discuss] os x = poop? 

On 2/11/2015 10:27 PM, Dr. Anthony Gabrielson wrote: 
> a MB Air - the battery life is similar between OS X and Linux, which 
> is really impressive. 

Not really. About half of that is not shipping a Flash player with 
Safari. Apple measured an average 40% run time improvement while web 
browsing with Flash removed from first generation Airs. Don't install 
Flash for Firefox or Chrome and you'll see the same thing. 

The rest is Intel's work on the HD and Iris IGPs on the third and fourth 
generation Core i series CPUs. You don't need Apple-branded kit to get 
the same thing. 

-- 
Rich P. 
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