how can I maintain my macbook pro battery?

Hello Skinburn,

Apple has a list of tips on their website about maintaining a healthy, long lasting battery. You can find the article here: http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

Best of luck.

These articles from Apple may be helpful.

http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1519

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1909

Maximize Battery Runtime

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446

No Apple techs here (a few suspects though)

Try to be on power as much as possible, just discharge the battery at least once a month (not fully).