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Pre-Unibody MacBook Pro Battery Life?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 954234" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>I have always gotten 2-3 hours pretty much no matter what I do.</p><p></p><p>Download CoconutBattery. It'll let you know all about it.</p><p></p><p>If the current battery capacity is low, then calibrate it. See <a href="http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html" target="_blank">here</a> for that and more.</p><p></p><p>My current battery is about 18 months old. It was down to about 60% of original. Calibrated it once a week for three weeks and was able to bring it back up to 91% of original capacity. After you do that, calibrate it once a month or so. Other than that, use your notebook like you want to. (I don't follow my own advice, I just do what I want with it all the time.)</p><p></p><p>While $100 sounds like a lot for a battery, for what they do vs the number of months they will last is really an insignificant amount. At only 20 months you're down to $5 a month expense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 954234, member: 24160"] I have always gotten 2-3 hours pretty much no matter what I do. Download CoconutBattery. It'll let you know all about it. If the current battery capacity is low, then calibrate it. See [URL="http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html"]here[/URL] for that and more. My current battery is about 18 months old. It was down to about 60% of original. Calibrated it once a week for three weeks and was able to bring it back up to 91% of original capacity. After you do that, calibrate it once a month or so. Other than that, use your notebook like you want to. (I don't follow my own advice, I just do what I want with it all the time.) While $100 sounds like a lot for a battery, for what they do vs the number of months they will last is really an insignificant amount. At only 20 months you're down to $5 a month expense. [/QUOTE]
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