Originally Posted by 2MuchMark

You should read the full article that wehateporn posted above. Apple's reason for doing this makes sense.

As an Apple fanboy, what I would like to see Apple do is make the "smoothing out" feature an option instead of a requirement. I have older Apple ipads in my house for example that are always connected to AC. For these I don't care at all about battery life, just performance. It would be nice to see a "Highest Performance / Longer Batter Life" toggle in settings somewhere, so consumers could choose for themselves.