Is it possible to improve the condition of MacBook battery showing "Condition: Replace Soon"? I have a 2008 MacBook aluminium 13" (Model Identifier: MacBook5,1) which has started showing "Condition: Replace Soon" to describe the battery, so a couple of questions:


what is used to determine this?
does it matter?
is there anything I can/should do to correct it? (Let the battery exhaust itself repeatedly, for example)
Go to the Apple menu and choose "About This Mac"
Click "More Info..."
Click "System Report..."
Under Hardware, click "Power"
Under "Battery Information" you'll find "Health Information"
Under Health and Information you'll see "Cycle Count" and "Condition"


Cycle count can drive condition: over a certain numbers of charges and discharges condition will automatically drop. Given the age of your computer, my guess is you have a high cycle count.