I own a 2.0 Alu. MB and I would love to have that 8hr battery. But putting that aside, to the Pro users that use their laptops in the field, how many battery's do you guys carry?
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Seriously, how many battery's do you guys carry?
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Hahaha. I found this quite comical. All of the "OMFGZ WE CAN'T TAKE OUT TEH BATTEREIZ!!1" and "Oh that's fine, I enjoy carrying around 60 pounds of extra notebook batteries!" seems to be all fadder?
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It's really a shame they couldn't have engineered a way for the battery to be replaceable, but only if you had the glossy screen.
Many of those who carry extra batteries shoot tethered with DLSR cameras. I think 8 hours is way more than enough.
I carry 1 battery to uni but when I am out on a shoot (ye i have a job as well^^) I carry 2 extra batteries.
Theres a good reason though. Ive got a car full of "crap" as it is anyway so 2 batteries don't bother me not to mention the fact that every so often these things turn out to be the best investment ever (bring on the power cuts
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Theres a good reason though. Ive got a car full of "crap" as it is anyway so 2 batteries don't bother me not to mention the fact that every so often these things turn out to be the best investment ever (bring on the power cuts
)You are naive if you think you'll get 8 hours out of it doing any kind of work. Especially if the work hits the drive frequently.
Two Batteries sometimes three
I do a great deal of work in Asia. Between the planes, even business seats, often not having an adapter and then going straight to site, I need extra power.
This is one of the reasons why I like the old batteries with the power indicator in the battery: very easy to discern the batteries that still had "juice". While I like my old 17" (previously had three 15"), I think I will migrate back to the 15" for the extra power.
I do a great deal of work in Asia. Between the planes, even business seats, often not having an adapter and then going straight to site, I need extra power.
This is one of the reasons why I like the old batteries with the power indicator in the battery: very easy to discern the batteries that still had "juice". While I like my old 17" (previously had three 15"), I think I will migrate back to the 15" for the extra power.
I'd be a little sceptical about Apple's reports of their "8 hour battery", I suspect it'll run for 8 hours if only, the user ain't utilising the CPU and GPU fully.. I'd give it 4 hours tops (for creative professionals). Currently I have 2 additional batteries on my MBP 15 and sometimes that's still not enough!!
I have 3 total batteries for my MBP. One is good for 2-3 hours, rest are great.
I carry an extra only on trips, not daily.
I carry an extra only on trips, not daily.
I think that one of the main problems of the built in battery is the "what happens if it dies/fails?" issue.
They state that if you take it to an Apple store you're guaranteed a 24h turn around.
First of all, 24h without my laptop due to a battery sucks. 2nd, not all of us live next to an Apple store. To get to the closest one for me I'd have to hop onto a plane for a 1hr plane ride. What happens then? Have to wait for a battery to ship to the authorized apple repair centre, then take it in?
I don't know, I just like the ability to pop the battery out and place a new one in for whatever reason.
Edit: Oh and I had 1 extra battery for the original MBP design, 0 for unibody.
They state that if you take it to an Apple store you're guaranteed a 24h turn around.
First of all, 24h without my laptop due to a battery sucks. 2nd, not all of us live next to an Apple store. To get to the closest one for me I'd have to hop onto a plane for a 1hr plane ride. What happens then? Have to wait for a battery to ship to the authorized apple repair centre, then take it in?
I don't know, I just like the ability to pop the battery out and place a new one in for whatever reason.
Edit: Oh and I had 1 extra battery for the original MBP design, 0 for unibody.
