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WoodNUFC

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I've had my refurb rev a for a week now. I absolutely love the form factor and it has really impressed me with what it can do. (My last computer was the 1.67 Powerbook G4 with 1 gig of ram.) However the battery life concerns me. When I got the air it had 4 cycles and 97% health. 10 days later i have 15 cycles and 93% health. I'm not concerned about the cycles, but should the health be declining this fast? If not what can I do to increase it? I've tried calibrating it and it really didn't change anything.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
 

Scottsdale

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Sep 19, 2008
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Don't believe the health meter over a few days, and it will be fine. I have seen it fluctuate on Macs. Just don't look at it, and gauge performance of the battery on how it works in the Mac instead of a virtual tool that is not accurate.

Good luck.
 

WoodNUFC

macrumors 6502a
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Apr 30, 2009
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Don't believe the health meter over a few days, and it will be fine. I have seen it fluctuate on Macs. Just don't look at it, and gauge performance of the battery on how it works in the Mac instead of a virtual tool that is not accurate.

Good luck.

Thanks for the quick reply Scottsdale. I'll just have to quit being paranoid :)
 
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