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Re:Converting an old MacBook into an always-on personal Kube... by tjr225 on Monday March 23, 2020 @10:00AM (#22664151)
I believe running a MacBook as an always on server will pretty rapidly destroy the battery anyway.
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Re:Converting an old MacBook into an always-on personal Kube... by tra3 on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:00AM (#22664722)
Macbook appears to be pretty intelligent about it's battery. My 2016 is still over 90% healthy and regularly gets over 5 hours on a single charge (load dependent of course). It's pretty much on 24/7.
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Re:Converting an old MacBook into an always-on personal Kube... by tjr225 on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:46AM (#22665136)
The issue is that the battery never gets a chance to discharge if you’re using it as a server. Unless you’re unplugging it and monitoring the battery life and plugging it back in every day.
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Re:Converting an old MacBook into an always-on personal Kube... by mm89 on Monday March 23, 2020 @03:01PM (#22667445)
Hmm, most of my work laptops never get used unplugged and I've never had issues.

It might be fun to implement some sort of service that checks battery life once per day and turns off a smart plug (which the Macbook power adapter is plugged into) and lets the Macbook drain once per day before turning it back on, though.

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