Macbook Battery = Hell

This is certainly not news to Mac users.

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Over the past week (which happens to be term break), I’ve sold my soul to a business module which requires ever student to bring a laptop.(It’s a 24 hr marketplace stimulation class, but that’s another tale from hell I shall tell another day.)

It’s astounding how obvious it became that my Macbook battery is indeed a P.O.S. I can’t get one hour out of my beloved. This is sad, especially when that lenovo to my left is chugging reliably away for hours straight. In fact, this one girlfriend of mine, her mac’s battery life is 2 mins flat.

I swear, honest to blog.

And this isn’t the first time I’ve had issues with my beloved’s not so beloved battery. Within days of ripping this very MacBook Pro out of it’s package, the battery failed on me completely. Apparently, it was part of a batch of defects. Once the battery level falls below a certain magical number, it pulls a kamikaze on you. Luckily, Mac sent me a replacement a week later. That replacement now has above mentioned battery life of less than one hour. Reasonable for a year-old lithium batt? I guess.

But still, I figured it’s time I ordered a new battery for backup sake anyways, in case I feel like geeking out at a starbucks anytime soon. So, with this opportunity for a fresh start, I’ve been busy calibrating my new battery.

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