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I had my 2010 Macbook Pro 15" 2.66GHz i7 for a year and a half now. I use it heavily for graphic design and video editing. When I'm using it and near a power source it's always plugged in. If I need to use it away from power I don't hesitate to do so. I've never worried about draining it to 10% if that's what that use got me to. I know Li-Ion and Li-Polymer batteries like to be up high. I only do a full discharge on first and second use but after that I never worry about it. My MBP is ALWAYS on and hardly turned off or sleeping. The battery technology with these newer Apple units have a much longer service life and I believe by the time they need a $200 replacement, it'll be either time to get a new one or the computer just isn't worth the replacement. My Mac's system information is saying that I still have full charge capacity remaining and the cycle count is 136. Using the free iStat Pro dashboard widget it's telling me my cycle/battery life is holding at 90%. That's pretty good for having it plugged in and running for a year and a half of my MBP's existence!
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