I'm going on two and a half years with the same battery on my MacBook Pro 15"
Steve Hullfish
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On Nov 1, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Oliver Peters wrote:
> > Posted by: Alan Miller
> > Jimmy,
> > Are you giving up your Mac Air?
>
> I will say that I really enjoy the Apple laptops. Nevertheless, the current 15" MBP I own has a terrible battery design. I'm on the fourth in its life of 4 years. The previous PowerBook G4 was much better than that. Same battery for 4 years. That's probably more of a Sony problem than an Apple one.
>
> I've gone to strictly using an iPad during travels and it's far, far better in most cases. Plus, you can pass it through airport x-ray without having to hassle with a laptop in the security line.
>
> For real work, on the road, a Mac Mini might actually be the ideal solution down the road. I rarely need battery power on location gigs and it's usually pretty easy to get external monitoring depending on how the job is spec'ed.
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