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by robotjosh 3343 days ago
Some laptops have a built in battery along with a swappable battery. The battery life people could get one of these and get enough spare batteries to smoke the mac several times over.
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Yes, several thinkpads do that. I have a T440s with an extra battery and swapping the battery without turning it off is great.

Linux will even tell you the charge for each battery (Ubuntu Gnome 17.04)

Except that you'd be required to reboot the OS every time you swap. Which is what a lot of developers would rather avoid.

Maybe they could have a tiny low power battery that could last 5-10 mins to reboot-less battery swaps

Re-read the post. Built in battery plus swap-able battery.