How is it a ‘design flaw’ if you are dumb enough to let books get onto the plug? You might as well criticise Apple for designing a keyboard that doesn’t function properly after coffee is spilled all over it.

1. Basically keep your computer plugged in. If you unplug it, use the battery until drained. Then let the computer be idle for at least 5 hrs before you plug it back in, to fully charge… Well, whenever you have time to do this. Fancy word is “calibrating” for those who need to sound smart.

2. See (1)

3. Keep battery cold? Hello? Mac Power books get very hot, to hot to sit on bare thighs. I have to lift my wrists off mine because of the heat. Horrible.

4. See (1)

5. Whatever. See (1)

I like the one last final tip. “Buy a new battery.” LOL MacBook Pro battery is a whopping $130-. Three batteries would buy you a netbook like the 10″ Samsung which has excellent reviews for general purpose work. I think this Mac stuff is impractically expensive. Another story.

And if you want to maintain a tip top battery, you probably need to buy 2-3 of them every couple of years. I do this calibrating business and the battery life is still lousy and I carry BOTH battery and the bulky transformer.

To bad one can’t travel >without a battery at all< with these macs, since the plug comes to easily out of the socket. Working with a bunch of books in a library, you accidentally place the book on the plug shutting everything down! Arrrrgh! Not very smart! Another design flaw. I have actually resorted to duct-taping the plug while working to keep the electric plug fixed, because these heavy notebooks sure are lighter without another whole pound of battery.

Thanks.

drCronex

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