Doing Software updates on a Full battery

I know, when you try to run software update while on battery, you get a warning message saying it is recommended you plug your mac into a power outlet. But, if you have a FULL battery, is there any reason that you could not go ahead?

A failed update can cause problems... some more so than others.  Admittedly, I have done updates when my battery was full and not plugged in.  Even with a fully charged battery, there is always a chance (albeit small), that you may have a battery failure in the middle of an update.  The potential result may be corrupt data right up to a non bootable system (depending on the update).  When you're doing updates, you want to make sure your system is as stable as possible to minimize any potential problems.  Keeping it plugged in is one of those things.
Very few updates are so important that they must be done immediately.  You should almost always be able to wait until you are by a power source.  Of course Apple does give you the option to do the update after you get that message.  If you know your system fairly well, you can always go ahead with the update.  Just keep in mind the potential problems that you may run into.

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