Cindynjgirl79 macrumors 6502a Original poster May 24, 2007 #1 does anyone know if it's bad to keep your MB pluged in all the time with the power cord? does this hurt the battery in anyway?
does anyone know if it's bad to keep your MB pluged in all the time with the power cord? does this hurt the battery in anyway?
7 72930 Retired May 24, 2007 #2 The best thing for the battery is to take it out when running for a long time on the power cord 🙂
Cindynjgirl79 macrumors 6502a Original poster May 24, 2007 #3 really? that won't hurt anything by doing that?
gr8tfly macrumors 603 May 24, 2007 #4 If you run on A/C without the battery installed, the processors will run at reduced speed (1GHz). http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305336 I think the most common thought on this subject is to just run off battery every so often (do a complete cycle every month or so).
If you run on A/C without the battery installed, the processors will run at reduced speed (1GHz). http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305336 I think the most common thought on this subject is to just run off battery every so often (do a complete cycle every month or so).
7 72930 Retired May 24, 2007 #5 gr8tfly said: If you run on A/C without the battery installed, the processors will run at reduced speed (1GHz). http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305336 I think the most common thought on this subject is to just run off on battery every so often (do a complete cycle every month or so). Click to expand... Wow! Didn't know that...and didn't experience (noticeable) slow down when I did it...
gr8tfly said: If you run on A/C without the battery installed, the processors will run at reduced speed (1GHz). http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305336 I think the most common thought on this subject is to just run off on battery every so often (do a complete cycle every month or so). Click to expand... Wow! Didn't know that...and didn't experience (noticeable) slow down when I did it...