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Originally Posted by gars
One big gripe with the new MacBook's are that you can't remove the battery easily. If you are the type that uses it at a desk often, plugged in - the battery life will go down quite a bit even if you aren't using it. My Netbook - which I had plugged in at a desk most of the time, using it maybe once a week on batteries - still has a good 6 hrs battery life 2.5 years later.
BTW - there's a new Samsung 13" laptop that's supposed to rival the MB Air in weight, thickness and battery life, AND it has an i5 processor. Just throwing that in.
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Macbooks have advanced circuitry that prevents premature battery death - they're smarter than Windows PC's. The non-removable battery is a major gripe with people who need to be out in the field, but a company called Hypermac makes external power supplies for laptops that are quite nice.