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Re:Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improv... by serf on Friday April 17, 2020 @07:45AM (#22898150)
this kind of behavior would warrant a return from me.

do you consider that to be a faulty behavior, or just par-for-the-course of heavy workloads on mobile platforms?

i'd hate for that to be the new norm, I use the hell out of my mobile computers, I don't need them draining before I even unplug.

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Re:Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improv... by knodi123 on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:30PM (#22902674)
oh, actually it was my fault. I have an air charger and a pro charger, and it turns out they're not interchangeable. The pro charger is, like, 30% bigger, and the laptop battery will not discharge while I'm using that one.

My laptop is one of the older magsafe ones, so the people talking about USB-C might be a YMMV kind of thing.

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