gearlog.com - 11/22/2008
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Ever run your MacBook or MacBook Pro without the battery installed? Most people don't, but some notebook users pop them out when their systems are running on AC with hopes of extending the life of their battery by a few months.
While I was benchmarking third-party RAM with a MacBook Pro this ...
technologyexpert.blogspot.com - 11/21/2008
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technologyexpert.blogspot.com —
Before you say "why would anyone remove their
battery from their laptop when plugged in?," there are...
some who do so in the hopes of extending their battery lifespan. And before you scoff at a performance hit of this sort, we're not talking a small ...
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MacBook Performance Plunges When Battery Removed
engadget.com - 11/23/2008
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engadget.com —
Are you one of those thrifty-types who's always
looking for an angle, always trying to stretch every...
last penny? You know who we're talking about: Montel Williams bases whole episodes around you, the kind of person who reuses tea bags and ...
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MacBook and MacBookPro suffer performance anxiety once ...
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MacBook Performance Plunges When Battery Removed
Tech-Ex —
... Gearlog found this strange behavior running tests with a new MacBook Pro on third-party RAM. They saw a huge drop with one set of RAM, and after scratching their heads over it, made the connection that the battery had been removed in one test (my guess is after multiple swaps they grew tired of removing the battery). ...
MacBook and MacBookPro suffer performance anxiety once the battery is removed
Engadget —
... Are you one of those thrifty-types who's always looking for an angle, always trying to stretch every last penny? You know who we're talking about: Montel Williams bases whole episodes around you, the kind of person who reuses tea bags and separates sheets of triple-ply ...
MacBooks take performance nosedive on AC power alone
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Here's a curious thing. Gearlog is reporting that in testing a MacBook Pro, they found substantially lower performance while running on AC power alone, with the battery removed. Apparently, Apple doesn't hide this quirk; there's a ...
Apple notebooks run massively slower without battery
DV Hardware —
... Gearlog discovered Apple notebooks run a lot slower if you're using them without a battery installed. Some users remove the battery when connected to AC power to extend the life of their battery but while upgrading his notebook, the Gearlog reporter found out that this results in a massive performance drop due to a weird safety measure from Apple: ...
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