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This doesn't seem right: >Her recommendation was to cycle the battery constantly, running the machine on the battery almost exclusively. I have a MBP that had

This doesn't seem right: >Her recommendation was to cycle the battery constantly, running the machine on the battery almost exclusively. I have a MBP that had to use starting summer half a day on battery exclusively and the other day plugged in. It has reduced my battery life a lot (currently running on a new battery actually, that's how much it got trashed). This on an 1.5 years laptop.

ugh 17y ago
I think that many battery recommendations out there are bogus. I took my MBP to university (nearly every day), ran down the battery, took it home and plugged it in for a full recharge. Isn't this as close to normal laptop usage as you could expect? Something batteries should be good at dealing with? And after 160 cycles my battery was completely trashed. Not a slow decline, even. I was happily using the MBP for two to three hours or so, and suddenly within two weeks, was down to ten minutes. This is the second time that has happend to me. (Apple exchanged my battery on warranty twice.) What I would like to know is this: is this normal (Do you have my usage pattern and did you encouter something similar?) or am I doing something wrong? I don't think I do, maybe batteries are just not cut out for such heavy (?) usage and you have to replace them from time to time (like ink in a printer, only cheaper).
- pwmanagerdied 17y ago
  A couple years ago I was draining my MacBook's (non-Pro) battery daily and it still had most of its capacity (you could squeeze out six hours at minimal consumption) at the end of the year. It might not have been the same model as you, but I think your results are unusually bad (unless their new batteries just suck a lot more).
  - guns 17y ago
    Actually, my experience with the dozens of Apple laptops I've seen over the past few years tells me that the design or manufacture of the Macbook Pro batteries (up until the recent redesign) was inferior to that of the regular Macbook. The battery swelling / exploding problem was particular to the MBP, for instance. Incidentally, the battery inside of the laptop I'm currently using (a black Macbook), is the most heroic battery I've ever encountered: At 2 and half years old and 993 loadcycles, it still retains 95% of it's original capacity. It only began reporting consistently under 100% a couple of weeks ago. In contrast, by business partner's Macbook Pro of similar age (and ~600 loadcycles) can barely hold a half hour of charge. He finds my battery's longevity fairly irritating.
    - pwmanagerdied 17y ago
      Oh. Wow. That might effect my decision later, thanks.

ugh 17y ago

I think that many battery recommendations out there are bogus. I took my MBP to university (nearly every day), ran down the battery, took it home and plugged it in for a full recharge. Isn't this as close to normal laptop usage as you could expect? Something batteries should be good at dealing with? And after 160 cycles my battery was completely trashed. Not a slow decline, even. I was happily using the MBP for two to three hours or so, and suddenly within two weeks, was down to ten minutes. This is the second time that has happend to me. (Apple exchanged my battery on warranty twice.) What I would like to know is this: is this normal (Do you have my usage pattern and did you encouter something similar?) or am I doing something wrong? I don't think I do, maybe batteries are just not cut out for such heavy (?) usage and you have to replace them from time to time (like ink in a printer, only cheaper).

pwmanagerdied 17y ago
A couple years ago I was draining my MacBook's (non-Pro) battery daily and it still had most of its capacity (you could squeeze out six hours at minimal consumption) at the end of the year. It might not have been the same model as you, but I think your results are unusually bad (unless their new batteries just suck a lot more).
- guns 17y ago
  Actually, my experience with the dozens of Apple laptops I've seen over the past few years tells me that the design or manufacture of the Macbook Pro batteries (up until the recent redesign) was inferior to that of the regular Macbook. The battery swelling / exploding problem was particular to the MBP, for instance. Incidentally, the battery inside of the laptop I'm currently using (a black Macbook), is the most heroic battery I've ever encountered: At 2 and half years old and 993 loadcycles, it still retains 95% of it's original capacity. It only began reporting consistently under 100% a couple of weeks ago. In contrast, by business partner's Macbook Pro of similar age (and ~600 loadcycles) can barely hold a half hour of charge. He finds my battery's longevity fairly irritating.
  - pwmanagerdied 17y ago
    Oh. Wow. That might effect my decision later, thanks.