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Hi,
This is my first post. I've purchased my first Apple computer this morning, it is a new Macbook Pro 13. I'm still waiting for it to be delivered.
My question is about the long lasting battery. What is the best way of taking care of it? Tipically I use my laptops connected to the power supply for days (in standby or just hanging there), then I take them around for some hour (like when watching the tv on the sofa or surfing from my bed!). How is this new battery supposed to work? Is it better to make it full discharge and then recharge? Do some discharge/richarge every once in a while? In one word: what are the best practices to make it last as long as possible and keep in good shape?
I've also read about "calibrating" the battery periodically. What does that mean?
Last question: when using windows (or even linux) I faced situations when the computer freezes. It freezes so bad that it is even impossible to shut them down in a decent way. Apart from the rethoric that Macs are different, they just work and so on, I've seen Macs freezed and sometimes the only, hard way of solving the problem is plugging away the battery. What if this happens to the new MacBook that has an _internal_ battery? Do I have to way 7 hours for the battery to discharge?
Thanks in advance for all the answers
gdp
This is my first post. I've purchased my first Apple computer this morning, it is a new Macbook Pro 13. I'm still waiting for it to be delivered.
My question is about the long lasting battery. What is the best way of taking care of it? Tipically I use my laptops connected to the power supply for days (in standby or just hanging there), then I take them around for some hour (like when watching the tv on the sofa or surfing from my bed!). How is this new battery supposed to work? Is it better to make it full discharge and then recharge? Do some discharge/richarge every once in a while? In one word: what are the best practices to make it last as long as possible and keep in good shape?
I've also read about "calibrating" the battery periodically. What does that mean?
Last question: when using windows (or even linux) I faced situations when the computer freezes. It freezes so bad that it is even impossible to shut them down in a decent way. Apart from the rethoric that Macs are different, they just work and so on, I've seen Macs freezed and sometimes the only, hard way of solving the problem is plugging away the battery. What if this happens to the new MacBook that has an _internal_ battery? Do I have to way 7 hours for the battery to discharge?
Thanks in advance for all the answers
gdp