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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by jedberg on Monday April 03, 2023 @12:58PM (#35427291)
> All of these devices basically sat on a desk in a ~68F office most of the time.

That's the problem. You need to discharge the battery once in a while or it builds up gas and expands. I had a 2015 that was perfect until I stopped going anywhere in March 2020. So I basically didn't unplug it for a year, and then the battery got explodey.

So now that I still work at home, I make sure to unplug my laptop once in a while just to drain it down a bit.

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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by cesarb on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:29PM (#35427872)
> So now that I still work at home, I make sure to unplug my laptop once in a while just to drain it down a bit.

That's still a defect; the laptop battery management should do that for you. As an example, the Dell laptops I'm used to automatically drain the battery to ~95% when plugged in all the time (it appears to be at 100% while on AC, but when you unplug it you can see the true charge).

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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by Rimintil on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:15PM (#35428760)
Macs drain to 80% when plugged in all the time.
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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by officeplant on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:20PM (#35428836)
Yeah it took them forever but Apple laptops finally do this as well (holding the charge at 80% instead)
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