What is with the built-in batteries on all the notebooks now??

aplnub

Apple fixed a clear wrong by dropping FW support on the UMB, then makes the battery a built-in option not easily swapped (on a plane, train, or automobile).



Anyone want to guess why besides saving the environment?



I don't get it evidently.

bergermeister

They get almost 8 hours and can be charged 1000 times, more than good enough for a large majority of users. My MBA gets just over 4 hours (the way I use it usually) and I have never once come close to running out of juice except when testing the batt. My old PowerBook got about 2.5 hours, so I had a spare and a charger at work.

aplnub

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Originally Posted by Bergermeister


They get almost 8 hours and can be charged 1000 times, more than good enough for a large majority of users. My MBA gets just over 4 hours (the way I use it usually) and I have never once come close to running out of juice except when testing the batt. My old PowerBook got about 2.5 hours, so I had a spare and a charger at work.

There are a lot of us that travel internationally and 7 or 8 hours is not going to cut it. Without a spare battery or two I can pop in, I am sunk on those trips.

kingofsomewherehot

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Originally Posted by aplnub


There are a lot of us that travel internationally and 7 or 8 hours is not going to cut it. Without a spare battery or two I can pop in, I am sunk on those trips.

You're just not flying the right airline.

Normal 110v outlets at every seat... Continental Airlines.

aplnub

That may be true. I fly Air France and Delta.

maratus

http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=99123

dr strange lulz

Buy an external battery and get over it.