tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post7172448740387324291..comments2009-01-07T08:05:27.706-05:00David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-27683752257174428532008-04-01T09:47:00.000-04:002008-04-01T09:47:00.000-04:00@Nujoy: Thanks for the Coconut information. While I was on that site I found something I'm about to put a post together on: coconutWiFi. Thanks for the link:<BR/><BR/>@Eldfisco: Thanks for that, very helpful.David Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14134311846576585532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-13431905602500682572008-04-01T07:49:00.000-04:002008-04-01T07:49:00.000-04:00Another useful link about <A HREF="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284" REL="nofollow">calibrating your computer's battery</A> from Apple site.Eldfiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16080127297181871137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-87375965531975830252008-04-01T02:41:00.000-04:002008-04-01T02:41:00.000-04:00Hi, I'm enjoying your first Mac experience blog posts as I got my first Mac around the same time you did! For battery life I've been using coconutBattery - http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/ - which I think is a cool little tool to monitor your battery health in quantifiable numbers. Wikipedia has a little section on best practices with rechargeable Li-Ion batteries which I think is worth a read to calibrate one's expectation from these types of batteries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_batteryNujoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455792180979643753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-70985275450236766342008-03-31T23:00:00.000-04:002008-03-31T23:00:00.000-04:00I have a previous gen Macbook and my battery life was fine for about a year. Shortly after a year I started having atrocious battery life combined with the thing running incredibly hot... so I headed to my local Apple store and asked if I could get a new battery under my Apple Care. They obliged, but I was still having problems with battery life and overheating until I upgraded to Leopard... I seriously thought my computer was completely screwed up and was quite surprised that simply installing an operating system. Since then my battery life has been great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261161155002888881.post-81091816333786448672008-03-31T22:05:00.000-04:002008-03-31T22:05:00.000-04:00We have 3 MacBooks in my house. We have had 3 battery failures. They work great then die suddenly. All replaced under Apple Care.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734459097095037203noreply@blogger.com