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I never found it to be a problem on my 2011 MBA. When I sold it over the summer, it still got very good battery life. Am doing the same thing with my 2013 MBA (spends most of its life connected to a big screen and keyboard). But every now and then I let it run down on to exercise the battery.
 
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