Comments on: MacBook Air Battery Advice

By: Stijn Ruiter

Stijn Ruiter — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:39:16 +0000

Could you provide a little more info on what you exactly did? E.g., did you keep it connected to the charger for a long time , or did you just decide not to use the Pro adapter? Somehow, you were able to boost the Maximum Battery Charge. Any tips, or just “not use the wrong adapter”?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:50:25 +0000

Apple will replace the battery as well.

By: Doug Linden

Doug Linden — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:01:04 +0000

not sure if this is relevant or not but i found this website which sells batteries for the macbook air:

http://www.ipodjuice[...]products.htm

so it looks like you have a battery option when the one inside dies.

By: redivide

redivide — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:04:06 +0000

Agreed, VMWare rocks! I run all sorts of OSes on it, and I think i still have DOS on it for some reason I forgot.

As for the laptop chargers, I think one of the reasons Apple doesn’t use a universal power adapter has something to do with batteries blowing up. Too bad.

By: Acorn

Acorn — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:57:39 +0000

Thanks a million. I was having the same issue.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:29:53 +0000

I use VMWare, works great.

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:41:33 +0000

Alex, great tip. Hey, do you use the boot camp option much? I work in an XP world but love the idea of running OS X as my main OS.

I just wonder how well XP runs on an Air.

By: Taos Turner

Taos Turner — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:35:50 +0000

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By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:57:00 +0000

I’m not sure if I’d love a Pro with an SSD drive better than the Air or not; but the Air is a great machine.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:46:33 +0000

And maybe a third as a standby?

You still love the Air as much as you did when you posted your first review? I feel like a 2nd gen Air is gonna be my next Mac.