Right, but what I quoted is what Apple states, so if your battery doesn't live up to that, then they can replace it, or somehow make it right.
Again, after 1000 cycles it will be at 80% of the original full charge.
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Right, but what I quoted is what Apple states, so if your battery doesn't live up to that, then they can replace it, or somehow make it right.
Again, after 1000 cycles it will be at 80% of the original full charge.
First, this is about a MacBook Air, so it's not 1000 cycles, it's 750. Also, Apple does not state that if you get 6 hours on a charge now, that you'll get 80% of that if your battery health is 80%. There is not an exact correlation between battery health and how much time you can run on a charge. The time on a charge is dependent on many factors besides battery health.
Just a clarification, is the 750 charge cycles for the previous version of the macbook air?
No, all versions. See the details from Apple in the Battery FAQ I posted earlier.
Just got a 13" MBA (4gig 1.86GHZ) for my future wife for Xmas. Have not used it all the way to dead battery but with inet and poking around/updating etc it seems like she will be able to get 7+ hours out of it pretty easily. I used it for an hour solid and it only went down to 89%. She does have the brightness down to 50% or slightly less though (she doesn't like the screen to be really bright).
If you're using the screen at 75%-100% brightness I cant imagine you'd get more then 4-5 hours out of it (which is still great compared to my previous PC laptop)
If you're using the screen at 75%-100% brightness I cant imagine you'd get more then 4-5 hours out of it (which is still great compared to my previous PC laptop)
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
Your New Notebook
Your new Apple notebook features advanced battery chemistry that greatly extends the batterys lifespan. The built-in battery of your MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air is designed to deliver up to 1000 full charge and discharge cycles before it reaches 80 percent of its original capacity.
Let's not. It makes a big difference when it comes to getting a defective battery replaced.Lets just say some where between 750 - 1000 cycles
Yeah let's not. Because 750 is wrong. You're referencing some old Apple page, GGJstudios.
This page:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
Where that 750 cycle count used to be (and which you're referencing) is no longer there. They all are rated for 1000 cycles now. The 750 was for the previous generation of MacBook Airs. Notice too in the text you continue to reference, they referred to notebooks with removable batteries. Those don't exist anymore, so it's also obvious that you're pulling from dated copy.
Some of the non US pages still haven't removed that text, but it's obvious that every current notebook from Apple is rated for 1000 cycles.
Notebooks with removable batteries DO exist. I'm using one right now. The information I posted refers to all the models, removable, non-removable and MBAs. It is not outdated.
There are, in fact, 3 different kinds of Apple notebook batteries, with 3 different sets of characteristics.
Please stop. We aren't talking about your notebook. Apple's page clearly states the latest MacBook Air is rated for 1000 cycles.
Okay, but they each are rated for 1000 cycles.
The Apple notebook battery page talks about ALL Apple notebook batteries, including mine. That's why it refers to removable batteries.
Are you not reading? This page that I linked to: http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
That is the notebook battery page. There is no other page is there? That is the page that USED to have the Battery Lifespan bit, but it no longer does.
Here: http://www.apple.com/asia/batteries/notebooks.html
That is another country's page, which obviously hasn't been updated yet, but it has the text you're referring to. It's old though, and the US page which I again linked to in this post is the latest information. It no longer talks about the notebooks that have removable batteries.
So now, before you respond here, I need you to actually look at the pages you're talking about, and maybe you need to refresh your page or clean your cache or something. But as it stands, you're continually telling me about things that don't exist anymore.
I see the pages. Because they have removed the information from some pages does not mean it doesn't apply. You don't change the characteristics of a battery by changing a web page, nor do you eliminate the existence of removable batteries by posting a page that doesn't refer to them. The 300 cycles for a removable battery, or 750 cycles for a MacBook Air did not change, because Apple changed one of its web pages.
That's correct, but the newest MacBook airs (which is what we have been talking about this entire time, but you continually bring up your old MacBook with removable batteries) are rated for 1000 cycles.
The 750 cycles doesn't apply to the new models.