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I constantly cycle my battery. Is this bad?My battery capacity is also declining. How can I increase my battery capacity?
 

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I constantly cycle my battery. Is this bad?My battery capacity is also declining. How can I increase my battery capacity?

Your battery capacity is currently more than it originally was. I'm not sure how that's possible, but you shouldn't be complaining.
 
I wonder if the MacBook will ever get the non-replaceable battery that the MBP 17" has? It seems like if it offers such increased capacity, I wouldn't mind similar treatment.
 
baha who cares about that! im waiting for the batteries to come out that take 10seconds to charge!! (read about it on a linux news page somewhere)

:eek: That would be amazing technology. 10 sec charge, I'm impressed with the 3 or so hours my 17" UMBP charges in now and getting a fairly consistant 5 t 6 hours during the work day with it. That would just change everything. :)
 
:eek: That would be amazing technology. 10 sec charge, I'm impressed with the 3 or so hours my 17" UMBP charges in now and getting a fairly consistant 5 t 6 hours during the work day with it. That would just change everything. :)

oh tell me about it! that would be amazing. im guessing it was only for smaller batteries (i.e. AA, or AAA, C, D etc) - the article didnt specify. if they could put that technology into laptop batteries though, i imagine a charge would take 10-15mins :):)

i can only wonder what the advertising would be..

"charges to 80% capacity in 2 minutes! 100% capacity and ready to use in 10 minutes!"
 
I picked up a secondhand battery from a mac dealer, and put it in the freezer last night. I only wished I had tried coconut battery before I put it in; but it didn't appear to take a charge when I got it.

Think I'm going to let it set for at least a day or two before I thaw it. I'll let y'all know how it goes. If nothing else, I can use it as a dummy in my case when I know I'll be using ac power on my unit.
 
I don't know if you can trust coconut battery, mine say I have 2 mAh more than when it was new!
 
yea or both would be perfect. 10 minutes to charge a 20 hour battery!!! how awsome would that be. id pay big money for that.

as would i!! i think in the next 4-5 years we may see something pretty close to that. Battery University isnt to optimistic about it but other sites are saying that big break thrus are coming.
 
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