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by FussyZeus 3591 days ago
Not universally. At our company we have a mix of Macbooks and Dells. Our 2010 17" Macbooks will still hold a charge for 3 or 4 hours depending on usage, and they spend the vast majority of their time plugged in too. Newer ones are even better. The Dells on the other hand barely manage 20 minutes after about a year in the field, and the HP's aren't any better.

For whatever reason the majority of PC manufacturers just suck at making batteries (or charging hardware, not sure which.)
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hx87 3591 days ago
> For whatever reason the majority of PC manufacturers just suck at making batteries

They just suck at making battery cooling systems (e.g. all-plastic cases) or neglect to include one altogether. If there is one thing those all-metal MacBooks are good at, it's dissipating heat.

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FussyZeus 3591 days ago
And I, someone who sets these up for a living did not know a battery needed to be cooled.

TIL. But yeah, that does explain why Macbooks' batteries hold up so well.

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