@JaredBusch said in Battery life on a Mac - How typical is my cycle count average?:
@travisdh1 said in Battery life on a Mac - How typical is my cycle count average?:
@JaredBusch Hopefully that 0% is more like 15-20%, otherwise lithium ion batteries get ruined quick. Being a Mac, they probably manage that and will work it so when it displays 0%, it's not detrimental to the battery yet.
Lithium batteries need treated much differently than NiCads used to. If a LiPo actually hits 0%, the internal components break down and the battery is ruined. Try to use it after that and you've got a fire starter, not a battery. My current hobby of making quadcopters made me memorize all the different safety and usage of the new batteries.
I have to trust the device manufacturers for that. For me it is just a habit. I know batteries and devices are smarter about it. But even lithium batteries need to hit < 20% for best lifespan.
Yeah, any iOS device I've had, you don't let it hit 0% (according to the device at least) regularly and the lifespan of the battery plummets. You can notice the loss of durability after just a few short charges. Doing a full discharge / recharge cycle and you eventually gain in back in most cases, but it takes months of training it to get it back.
We have so many devices like that that get full charge and discharge daily and we have original iPads and such that last for like five years or longer with battery life the same as when they were new.