Does Apple kill the battery at a set number of cycles?

The battery on my macbook pro dropped from 47% capacity to 10% at 475 cycles and additional charge/discharge cycles do not increase that number. Coincidentally (or not) my first battery also died at EXACTLY the same number. It was still in Applecare when the first one died and the phone tech said ÿeah, that's about right."
Does Apple have a bomb planted in the battery software to force replacement at 475?

mende1 wrote:
Batteries are designed to be able to have working the 80% of the capacity after 1000 charges. If your battery doesn't support that or you see that your battery is dying, the battery is defective, so you should take the computer to an Apple Store
Verrrry interesting. What is the source of this information. Is it from Apple or is it generic engineering data? I'm heading into Chicago in two days and plan to stop by the Apple store. I would LOVE to be able to quote their own specs if possible.

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About Batteries in Modern Apple Laptops
Apple - Batteries - Notebooks
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