[plg]

how is battery life? Last time I tried installing linux on a macbook pro (1) the machine ran hot all the time and (2) the battery life was seriously reduced compared to using os x.

Have things improved? Might be time to try again?

[tkubacki]

I think it' not much worse than osx but can't say anything for sure - I usually work with power cord (just sometimes in customer's office)

[Demiurge]

I really have no idea why someone would downvote your honest answer.... This is getting out of hand.

Anyway, in my experience it's been about 50-70% worse battery life on ubuntu compared to OSX. Which, as you point out, is no issue if you don't need all 4 or 8 hours of the full potential of MacBook battery life. A meeting might last 2 hours for me at most, but if traveling, battery life is a deal breaker for me.

[tkubacki]

>I really have no idea why someone would downvote your honest answer

there is a big part of HN crowd whose whole life purpose is to downvote something they didn't like or don't understand