Got a new 13" MBA, is there anything I should be doing to get the best battery life, such as leaving on charge for 24 hours and then allowing it to fully discharge, for example?
Never let the battery run down until the unit turns off by itself. That is very bad for the battery.
Not according to Apple. Please read.
Have you read that article?
No where in it does it say to Completely discharge the battery. It also does not say not to completely discharge the battery, which can be confusing to some people.
Have you read that article?
No where in it does it say to Completely discharge the battery. It also does not say not to completely discharge the battery, which can be confusing to some people.
If you do some searches on how to care for lithium batteries they will tell you that completely discharging them is not good for the battery.
Yes, there are vastly differing views on what's best for notebook batteries.
Sure it does.
Apple refers to this process as "calibration" and it does refer to completely discharging and recharging the battery:
Apple Portables: Calibrating your computer's battery for best performance
Really you have to start reading the articles you are posting links to.
I must disagree.
And I will continue to post my point of view from years of personal experience.
Thanks and have a great Saturday.
So, it's really kind of a crapshoot.
That is an understatement.
My oldest Dell i8200 had the original battery last 6+ years before finally giving up the ghost. And I used it mainly plugged in as the battery life was so bad on that notebook to begin with.
The C610 Latitudes lasted forever. P3 in the C610s and P4 in the Inspiron.
The i8200 was my first personal notebook also and guess what. It is still running. I used it daily for the last 9+ years. Used it until I got my new Dell Latitude E6420 and the 15" MBP. Had to change out the fans on it about a year ago and as stated above the battery/ies are no good anymore but it still runs fine. I did upgrade the CPU from the original 1.8GHz to a 2.4 GHZ and changed out the video card to a Latitude model that had more VRAM. But in doing so I had to force update the BIOS to the Latitude for the V card to work correctly.
To bad you can't do any of that with Mac's. I plan on updating my E6420 from the i5 to a i7 CPU when they come down in price a year or so from now.