How often do you run your MacBook on its battery? Poll - Page 2

T5BRICK · Nov 26, 2012, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by GGJstudios

That's not true for current Mac notebooks. That only applied to older Macs with removable batteries, which retained up to 80% health for 300 cycles. New built-in batteries are designed to retain up to 80% health for up to 1000 cycles.

I guess that guide I found is pretty out of date.

richnyc · Nov 26, 2012, 02:26 PM

Pretty much all the time, only plug it in overnight... So far, 13 days using my new mid-2012 cMBP, I discharged my battery 10 times

I'm not even worrying about, yet... I'll probably get Applecare before the one year warranty expires, if my battery charge sucks later on.

LeeM · Nov 26, 2012, 02:36 PM

117 cycles mines at, 88% health according to coconut

dsc888 · Nov 26, 2012, 02:53 PM

My first Mac was an early 2010 17" MBP. I have about 375 cycles on it and I do run it down to about 10% before I fully recharge it. I fully discharge it once a month to recalibrate the battery meter. According to Coconut Battery, I am still getting between 97-98% of it's designed capacity. Not bad at all!

iDutchman · Nov 26, 2012, 03:04 PM

Purchased August 6, 2012. 3.5 months old

29 cycles (I went through 4 cycles this week!)

I'd say not much.

Donfor39 · Nov 26, 2012, 03:29 PM

172 cycles 10 months

99% Health

p.c. convert this year, I charge to full capacity when possible

then run on battery until last 20% or lower

I have found the thunderbolt -hdmi cable to t.v. runs the battery down VERY quickly even when watching less than 2 hours t.v.

BRyken · Nov 26, 2012, 06:00 PM

Now that I'm out of school probably once a week.

View Poll Results: How often do you run your Macbook on its battery?
Everyday	69	50.00%
Every few days	30	21.74%
Once a week	13	9.42%
Every few weeks	9	6.52%
Once a month or so	6	4.35%
Almost never.	11	7.97%
Voters: 138. You may not vote on this poll

Nov 26, 2012, 02:26 PM	#27
richnyc macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NYC	Pretty much all the time, only plug it in overnight... So far, 13 days using my new mid-2012 cMBP, I discharged my battery 10 times I'm not even worrying about, yet... I'll probably get Applecare before the one year warranty expires, if my battery charge sucks later on. __________________ MBP9,2 (16GB RAM, 768GB SSD); iPhone4 16GB; iPad3 32GB
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Nov 26, 2012, 02:53 PM	#29
dsc888 macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Boston, MA USA	Still have 97% to 98% after 2.5 Years My first Mac was an early 2010 17" MBP. I have about 375 cycles on it and I do run it down to about 10% before I fully recharge it. I fully discharge it once a month to recalibrate the battery meter. According to Coconut Battery, I am still getting between 97-98% of it's designed capacity. Not bad at all! __________________ 2012 15" rMBP 2.6/8/512 \| 2010 Mac Pro 2.8 w/ 27" ACD \| 2010 MPB 17" AG i7 2.66/8/256 Gb SSD 2011 iPad3 Black 16 GB Wifi \| 4G iPod Touch
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Nov 26, 2012, 03:04 PM	#30
iDutchman macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2010	Purchased August 6, 2012. 3.5 months old 29 cycles (I went through 4 cycles this week!) I'd say not much. Attached Images __________________ 15" rMBP - 27" Thunderbolt Display - iPad Mini - Iphone 5. ...and loads of PowerPC, iPhones, MacBooks etc.
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Nov 26, 2012, 03:29 PM	#31
Donfor39 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Lanarkshire Scotland	172 cycles 10 months 99% Health p.c. convert this year, I charge to full capacity when possible then run on battery until last 20% or lower I have found the thunderbolt -hdmi cable to t.v. runs the battery down VERY quickly even when watching less than 2 hours t.v. __________________ 13" Macbook pro i5 4 mb ram 500 mb WD Mypassport usb hdd Thunderbolt -5 Meter HDMI cable 32" Samsung 720 LCD
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Nov 26, 2012, 02:36 PM	#28
LeeM macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2012	117 cycles mines at, 88% health according to coconut
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Nov 26, 2012, 06:00 PM	#32
BRyken macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Now that I'm out of school probably once a week. __________________ Mac Mini 2.7GHz i7 16GB RAM Fusion Drive \| 27" Thunderbolt Display \| Seagate Backup Plus 3TB USB 3.0\|16 GB Black iPhone 5
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