On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Brian Troisi wrote:

>>
>> This process does not calibrate the battery, what it does is  
>> calibrate
>> the Mac's power management system so that the displayed time and %
>> remaining are closer to the actual time remaining.
>       If that doesn't calibrate the battery, how does one calibrate their
> battery!



When we talk about "calibrating the battery" we're actually training  
the power management system "when this battery has N volts output, it  
means that it has Y minutes left."

All batteries have slightly different characteristics.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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