Reddit · r/macbookpro · 15 days ago
Owns the 2025 15 inch M4 Air with 1TB and 32GB for travel; calls it a great machine but the screen causes eyestrain in dim places, fine on an external monitor.
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Reddit · r/macbookpro · 15 days ago
Owns the 2025 15 inch M4 Air with 1TB and 32GB for travel; calls it a great machine but the screen causes eyestrain in dim places, fine on an external monitor.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 20 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro, four months old, uses about 75% of the battery in a 7 hour day, 95% capacity at 89 cycles, and they are disappointed compared with their 2020 M1 MacBook Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 23 days ago
Their 15-inch M5 Air (16GB/1TB) throttled too much during software development, so they traded it in toward a MacBook Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 23 days ago
The open-box 14-inch M5 Pro (48GB) they were sold was defective, so they got a brand new one at a lower price instead.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 32 days ago
Their M1 Pro MacBook Pro is nearly five years old and still at 97% battery health, mostly kept plugged in.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 33 days ago
Their new 16-inch M5 Max got 15-18 hours per charge during setup and is about 30% better than their previous M4 Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 33 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro (24GB/1TB), used for 3D modeling and Autocad, is at 95% battery health after four months despite mostly staying plugged in.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 34 days ago
Moving from a 13-inch M5 Air to the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro for work, they noticed somewhat worse battery life but still find it amazing overall.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 34 days ago
Charging between 30 and 80%, their old base M1 MacBook Pro kept 91% battery health over five years and 254 cycles, lasting longer than the M5 Pro that replaced it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their 16-inch M4 Max is still at 100% battery health with about 70 cycles after 10 months, used plugged in most of the time.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their base M5 MacBook Pro is at 91% battery health after 156 cycles, having dropped to 96% within three months.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro (64GB/2TB), bought in May, sits at 100% battery health after 28 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
16 inch M5 Pro 64GB, about 150 days old, mostly used plugged in, with 131 cycles and 99% battery health.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16 inch M1 Pro lasts around 8 hours from 80% to 20% on daily use with camera on for online classes and display at max settings.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Has had the 14 inch M5 for almost a year with optimized charging at 80%, mostly plugged in, and reports 100% maximum capacity after 147 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their base M5 14-inch MacBook Pro usually lasts a full day with coding, light local LLM work, browsing and media.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their MacBook Pro M4 shows 100% battery health at 90 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro is at 100% battery health after 26 cycles with near daily use, mostly plugged in at work.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro with 48GB is used 10-12 hours a day plugged in, with 12 cycles and 100% battery capacity.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Four months into owning their 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro, the battery drains much faster than in the first month, with heavy video editing use.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro with 24GB, charge limit set to 80%, lasts all day on battery.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their work-issued M5 MacBook Pro, used for six months, keeps 100% capacity and lasts an 8 hour day unless the workload is very heavy.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro gets only about 4-6 hours unplugged with Claude, writing and Excel work.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 40 days ago
Uses an M1 MacBook Air bought for under $800 in 2021 as a nights and weekends laptop; finds it indestructible, very fast and incredibly valuable.