&quot;nothing but browse the web and check email&quot;<p>Try using Safari instead of Chrome. And check if you&#x27;re running a lot of Flash. The usual problem is that Chrome is engineered to gorge power with no regard to your battery. Flash, of course, is pure abuse and stupidity.<p>It all disappoints me because I prefer Chrome for its tools. But Google simply doesn&#x27;t seem to care that it goes overboard on power and RAM drain.