Comments on: 8 Ways to Help Your MacBook Battery Last as Long as It Can http://www.interrupt19.com/2008/03/31/8-ways-to-help-your-macbook-battery-last-as-long-as-it-can/ Combining OS X with your life. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Balogh http://www.interrupt19.com/2008/03/31/8-ways-to-help-your-macbook-battery-last-as-long-as-it-can/comment-page-1/#comment-197 David Balogh Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:27:17 +0000 http://www.interrupt19.com/2008/03/31/8-ways-to-help-your-macbook-battery-last-as-long-as-it-can/#comment-197 I read this as well.. As the <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2332" rel="nofollow">support article</a> came out a few months before the most recent Unibody MacBooks / MacBook Pros, I suspect it may apply to more models than just the Late 2008 Unibody edition. Apparently it's meant to keep the system from shutting itself off under a heavy draw from the processor that the A/C adapter can't handle. David I read this as well..

As the support article came out a few months before the most recent Unibody MacBooks / MacBook Pros, I suspect it may apply to more models than just the Late 2008 Unibody edition.

Apparently it’s meant to keep the system from shutting itself off under a heavy draw from the processor that the A/C adapter can’t handle.

David

]]> By: Felix http://www.interrupt19.com/2008/03/31/8-ways-to-help-your-macbook-battery-last-as-long-as-it-can/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Felix Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:57:32 +0000 http://www.interrupt19.com/2008/03/31/8-ways-to-help-your-macbook-battery-last-as-long-as-it-can/#comment-194 Ref: Remove the battery from the casing when using primarily on AC power No longer true with the new Unibody Macs if you need max processor performance. Please update your article to reflect current information and testing. "Apple's newer MacBook range continues to exhibit an unusual design behavior that slows the system down when the battery isn't attached, testing by Gearlog confirms. Although only publicized in a support article from August that predates the late 2008 refresh, the unibody systems deliberately throttle back the processor when relying only on AC power." http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/11/21/macbook.slow.wo.battery/ Ref: Remove the battery from the casing when using primarily on AC power

No longer true with the new Unibody Macs if you need max processor performance. Please update your article to reflect current information and testing.

“Apple’s newer MacBook range continues to exhibit an unusual design behavior that slows the system down when the battery isn’t attached, testing by Gearlog confirms. Although only publicized in a support article from August that predates the late 2008 refresh, the unibody systems deliberately throttle back the processor when relying only on AC power.”

http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/11/21/macbook.slow.wo.battery/

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