Hope you locked it in a safe, wouldn’t want to hurt the resale value due to storage issues.
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Why are people using their MacBook Airs on battery?
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"Why are you driving your car around? It puts wear on the tires and on the engine. You should put your car on a trailer and tow it from place to place."
That's what the OP sounds like.
Use your device however you like. That's why you bought it. It's not some precious gem that needs to sit unused so that it remains in pristine condition.
That's what the OP sounds like.
Use your device however you like. That's why you bought it. It's not some precious gem that needs to sit unused so that it remains in pristine condition.
I like good battery life/health as much as the next person but this is next level. However, if it makes you happy, go for it!
That's a great power station, will easily power a MacBook all day long and more. And very light weight and portable.
I sincerely hope the OP has avoided the rookie mistake of not using oxygen free cables between his battery bank and his MacBook Air. Anything less is sure to impinge on cell purity and negate any perceived advantage.
Especially important for bluetooth devices, if you dont charge your airpods with O2 free cables how can you get the best sound from your macbook air when you pair them?
yea, but the resale value will stink if you use it ...
Sounds like you'd be better served with a desktop then. That is the biggest downfall of laptops at the moment. We need the user-replaceable batteries back.
Wasn't that long ago that you could simply slide a latch and swap the battery out - in many cases without even shutting the computer down.
Wasn't that long ago that you could simply slide a latch and swap the battery out - in many cases without even shutting the computer down.
People who don't have a lot of disposable income tend to think more about maintaining expensive purchases. To some people, buying a new laptop, iPhone, and iPad every couple of years is no big deal. To other people, buying one at all is a huge deal. I don't think minimizing wear and tear is necessarily weirdness, it's practical based on their circumstances.
Minimizing wear and tear to the point of ignoring the actual device’s functionality kinda makes it seem like the device wasnt needed to begin with though. Laptops have batteries because they’re expected to be used as battery operated devices. They’re pretty much designed around the battery. Using a second battery to avoid using the internal battery kinda starts hinting that maybe the person didnt need a laptop.
Expensive purchases which are needs or wants are very different. I upgrade my MBP every 5 years(Keep older one for another 3 years as backup
ersonal use). My MBP is worth lot more than I paid, coz it earns me money. For some it can be school. Now if some one is worried about resale value or ways not to use it, it’s more of want than a need. Disposal income isn’t a big factor, I could buy MBp every year if I wanted to.
This isn't the first time I've gotten the impression that people buy things only so they can sell them.
I'm taking the MacBook out of the house tomorrow as I will have a couple hours to kill. I may just use it on the internal battery. But I'll have my Anker Prime with me too just in case of an emergency
I've worked in extreme places over the years. Never put a Mac or PC in anything more than a decent quality sleeve backpack and certainly never worried about trivia such as battery cycles...
Trying to preserve the internal battery is just nonsense as the difference in price on sale will be negligible. No one in their right mind is going to pay $100's over the odds for a used MBA with a low cycle count when the battery can replaced by Apple for an affordable price with a guarantee. Let alone in some regions where the MBA is on near permanent discount...
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Don’t forget the fire extinguisher, and first aid kit. Both are must for emergencies.
What is this "resale" you are talking about? Imma hang on to my stuff.
This is the craziest sh*t I've read all year.
Obviously bait.
Thanks for the laughs.
No way would I have thought of this one.
Obviously bait.
Thanks for the laughs.
No way would I have thought of this one.
People do this on with their high-end cars. They don't drive their Ferrari's everyday as it wears out the car. Only sometimes on a sunny Sunday just to show off their Ferrari to everybody before it will be stored in the garage for the rest of the week.
I feel like this is a case of "because the metric is there it matters". Everything in life wears and breaks down. Instead of worrying about declining resale values or "what if it performs worse in 3 years time" it is better to ensure what you use it for actually holds value to you (and maybe even others).
Doesn't this suggest that the Ferrari owner has a second, less premium car they're going to use for the rest of the week? If so, that also suggests the MacBook Air owner has a less premium laptop whose battery cycles they don't care about that they'll use for the rest of the week. I don't think your analogy works.
It does work, because most people use their iPhone everyday. The only time people still use their Mac is for working remotely 1 or 2 days per week and the rest of the week they work in the office using a computer provided by the employer.
If you look at websites like YouTube for example, 90% of all traffic is generated by smartphones. It's a smartphone world now.
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