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MacBook Pro Power

A little post after months of inactivity to celebrate my joy…

In the past months, my battery lasted less and less. When I got an estimate of ~20-25 minutes left, the MBP shut abruptly if I did anything more than nothing.

The battery, having only 53 cycles, had a full charge capacity varying from 1300 to 4200, which is way below Apple’s advertised capacity of 80% @ 300 cycles! (See the Laptop Battery Guide on macrumors.com).

Anyway, I finally decided to replace the battery on warranty.  Had a hard time deciding myself because a Mac laptop runs at half speed without a battery, and the store had to send it to Apple before they would send a replacement.

So I got the replacement a few days ago…  I had forgotten how fun it can be to be “unplugged”!

And I could swear the laptop’s bottom (where the battery lives) stays much cooler!

Yay!