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What's the battery life like?


Do you mean to ask what the battery management functionality is like (i.e. does the battery drain noticeably faster using OpenBSD)?

If so, I don't know what it's like on the MacBook or MacBook Pro, but on my Mac Mini, I can reliably say that the battery life is dismal ;-)


> but on my Mac Mini, the battery life is dismal.

Possible typo? The Mac Mini does not have a battery.


That's why the battery life is so dismal.


No, no, that’s why the battery life is amazing!!!


It always does what I expect when I unplug it...


That mac /is/ going to run off the power stored in the PSU capacitors for a few (hundred?) ms after you unplug it.


Not sure on OpenBSD, but Asahi said they could get 6-8 hours without any real energy efficiency features enabled.


Is Red Shirt Jeff going to install it anytime soon?


That sounds like significantly lower number of hours than a MacOS..?


Key part is without any energy saving features. Once those are implemented it will improve. I am pretty sure MacOS has a number of energy saving features implemented.




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