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Two weeks old MBP, already 15 loadcycles
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miles01110
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maflynn
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I agree with Miles.
People are obsessing over their battery, the laptop is a tool to be used. If the battery is defective, and not able to hold a charge. Apple will fix it for free, if you're using the laptop as it was intended, i.e. not plugged in for periods of time. Don't worry about it.
People are obsessing over their battery, the laptop is a tool to be used. If the battery is defective, and not able to hold a charge. Apple will fix it for free, if you're using the laptop as it was intended, i.e. not plugged in for periods of time. Don't worry about it.
Thanks for the advice... all this talk about battery life and cycle count has had me obsessing about mine, I think it's time to delete Coconut and just enjoy mine without stressing 🙄
You know some of these people think these things are magical and if you actually use it the pixi dust will run low.
GGJstudios
macrumors Westmere
My 3-and-a-half year old Macbook's original battery has over 1100 load cycles and reports 98% battery health both in CoconutBattery and iStatMenus.
I've done NO special stuff to try to be nice to the battery or anything; I just use it when I need/want and charge it when it's getting low.
Don't worry about it.
I've done NO special stuff to try to be nice to the battery or anything; I just use it when I need/want and charge it when it's getting low.
Don't worry about it.
id like to see a screenshot of that one. I think these batteries are probably the best on the market for sure.
GGJstudios
macrumors Westmere
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I've had an iBook G3 800 for years and it still gets great battery life. Don't even sweat it guys....
GGJstudios
macrumors Westmere
Hej Frosse,
Ja, the battery could have problems- I have a new mbp as well and there have been a few things tweaky about it, possibly including the battery as it is not getting the long times as it is supposed to- whatever that may be.
You'll have to trouble shoot it, make sure it is calibrated, see if you might be doing anything that is draining it, like using a browser with flash going nuts.
Ja, the battery could have problems- I have a new mbp as well and there have been a few things tweaky about it, possibly including the battery as it is not getting the long times as it is supposed to- whatever that may be.
You'll have to trouble shoot it, make sure it is calibrated, see if you might be doing anything that is draining it, like using a browser with flash going nuts.
Errr...what do you want to do about it?
I don't understand the point of this post. Laptops come with a battery so you can use it.....
So many people on this forum obsess over the number of load cycles on their battery..I don't get it, it's a goddamn laptop, FFS who gives a **** about resale value? I honestly can't go through with the time needed to replace my laptop every time apple pushes a tiny spec bump on their laptop, just too much **** to move over, and a lot of money wasted and time spent (actually also works as a log of money spent and time wasted 😀).
I do calibrate but only about every 4 months or so; I can't remember exactly when I last did it. Although I thought calibration was to ensure your "battery remaining" is accurate, not the total capacity.
My point was not "look how great my battery is," but rather "just don't worry about it."
Here's a screenshot, for what it's worth.
My point was not "look how great my battery is," but rather "just don't worry about it."
Here's a screenshot, for what it's worth.
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