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odagled

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Aug 10, 2007
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do you guys find this weird? I have my macbook connected on the ac and it says its fully charged...but its on 96% If I let it drain and reconnect the ac it stays on whatever percentage its on and says Fully Charged.
 

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TheStu

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Aug 20, 2006
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I think that most laptop batteries are designed to not actually always be fully charged. I think it will let it fully charge once, then won't let it fall below 95%.
 

/V\acpower

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Jul 31, 2007
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The computer won't let it recharge unless it's under 95%, just use it until 94%, and then plug it, it will reach 100%.
 
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