Comments on: New MacBook Pro Battery: More, Longer, but Locked In

By: RD

RD — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:32:45 +0000

SCREW THAT……….THE TRUTH IS THA TRUTH………..IT IS WHAT IT IS………..SOME OF YOU OR STATING A TRUE PROBLEM AND SOME……… SUCH AS JOE………OR DEALING WITH THA PROBLEM………. I MYSELF LIKE TO FIX PROBLEMS………………………..PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as small as it may seem…..

By: RD

RD — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:43 +0000

TRUE………

By: RD

RD — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:08:04 +0000

………WELL STATED

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:47:12 +0000

Your battery should be just fine even if your laptop plugged into a wall all of the time. Just be sure to discharge it sometimes and calibrate it once a month or so. Eventually, you’ll end up buying a new battery or even a new laptop, so who cares. Do what you can to take care of it and deal with it.

I’m loving my 13in unibody MBP :P

By: brent

brent — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:33:40 +0000

How did everyone fail to mention removing the battery while plugged into a power source, in order to extend total lifetime of the battery? When I’m at home and near a power source, I always have the battery removed. This has extended my battery life way beyond what you’d expect.

By: Swann

Swann — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:52:28 +0000

I really like Apple, got a Macbook Pro 17 (2006), 4 ipods, an ipod touch 32G, a 13 inches unibody… Planned to buy a new macbook pro… BUT, the enclosed battery isn’t something I like at all. Recently my Macbook Pro 17 inches (2006)’s battery (2nd one) behaved the same way as Jim’s one abruptly shutting down the machine. Becareful cause… after 1 month of this behavior, it expanded. the fact is that, at least it expanded outside the machine thanks to its removable nature. Apple didn’t wanna do anything since it was out of warranty (what I could understand) BUT they told me that’s something that could happen (justifying their inaction with respect to this particular/unusual issue – at least from my point of view…). Actually, if it’s considered to happen I hope they don’t mean that it could in the new ENCLOSED ones…cause this time the damage could be more severe. 2 things to be said from my side: what would happen if we’re still using our machines plugged in after the battery life time… is dangerous?… The second one is… Must we stop working with our machine waiting for them to come back from changing the batteries…?

By: stoneman

stoneman — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:25:40 +0000

Remove battery and power adapter.
Hold down power button for 10 seconds.
Reinstall battery and attach power adapter.
Hold down Command-Option-P-R, a total of four keys, and press power button. Don’t release the keys.
Continue holding the four keys until you hear the startup sound twice, then release
How are we supposed to reset power management now ?????????(can’t remove the battery)!!!!!!!!!!

By: zozman

zozman — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:24:21 +0000

I want the removable feature of the battery. Instead of buying a unibody MacBook Pro, I found a new late 2008 model and bought that one for my wife. I have two now. There will be battery issues involved with a locked-in battery. zoz

By: macman99

macman99 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:49:52 +0000

i don’t want to be under the mercy of the mac shop , i have the 13-inch macbook unibody ,i loved it to the point i started considering switching to mac OS on my desk tops and all over , but now i am thinking it might be my last mac if they don’t return to their censes.
did u ask how much this replacement would be ?
how long it takes ?
if u take care of your laptop you usually can use it for years which means a couple of batteries
the only way i would think this is worth it if the integrated battery lasts 24 hours with apple’s guarantee that it will last me for 5 years or they change it for free , which they don’t
ever wonder how come macbook pro is now cheaper ? they know that they will be making money off the battery exchange
a real corporate greedy dick move from apple

By: josephmartins

josephmartins — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:06:55 +0000

If the original battery fit fine, and there were no enhancements that required the additional space, I just don’t buy the idea that Apple couldn’t come up with a way to make the new slimmer battery removable. It already occupies less space, and the contacts shouldn’t be an issue. Can anyone tell me why a removable polymer battery would not be doable? I cannot think of a single reason.

Seems to me Apple is interested in shutting out third party battery suppliers for all of its products. Now I’m torn. I love the unibody 13″ Macbook and I’d like the newer 13″ Pro, but that non-removable battery irks me. My only option is to bring the Macbooks to a local Apple authorized shop to have the battery replaced, and I don’t like handing our laptops over to anyone.

By: Onewhaleid

Onewhaleid — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:43:11 +0000

I like to take the battery out of my 17″ mbp when it’s on my desk. It improves the ventilation quite a bit, keeping the machine running cooler (and quieter). I think the fixed battery will make for a very warm computer :)

By: Blueuniform

Blueuniform — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:16:19 +0000

I recently went on a trip with my mac laptop. The battery was lasting only about 20 minutes on full charge. Where I was attending a conference, they had auditorium seating, with no available outlets. So, for the entire week, I searched around and called everywhere, and no one stocked a mac laptop battery! I really wanted to buy a new battery during that trip, but was unable to. Everyone wanted to “order” me one. No, there was no apple store within 500 miles. When an apple battery goes, it goes. So, for this argument, I strongly agree that the battery needs to be able to be swapped out with another one.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:59:31 +0000

Apple needs to do something about their battery issues. I went to the Apple store today with our MBP that would shut down on its own with plenty of power still showing.

We unfortunately would unplug and plug in the MBP whenever we were done with it. Most of the time with 1/2 to 3/4 charge still on the battery. We didn’t know that every time we plugged it in, a “cycle” was recorded. Apple says that because there are 350 “cycles” recorded the we have worn out the battery and now have to buy a new one. What a joke. The computer has very little use.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:43:10 +0000

This seems like a questioable idea. Many people have said they never change their battery. I have a 17″ MBP and just had to buy a new battery for $129 because the machine would randomly do a hard shut down with a power level listed between 10 and 50%.
That was 480 cycles in only 22 months.

By: David

David — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:37:12 +0000

They are obviously very confident about this new battery. I think they need to put there money where there mouth is!

“Longer-lasting battery in 17-inch MacBook Pro.
longer battery life

The removable batteries in most notebooks are designed to be replaced every year or two, which means lots of batteries are used up and discarded. But the battery in the new 17-inch MacBook Pro lasts up to five years — or 1000 recharges. So it uses just one battery in the same time a typical notebook uses three.*

*Apple does not warrant the battery beyond Apple’s one-year Limited Warranty. The battery has a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced by an Apple Service Provider. Battery life and charge cycles vary by use and settings. See http://www.apple.com/uk/batteries for more information.”

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By: Sankar

Sankar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:02:14 +0000

As you have rightly pointed out the downside of this built in non-removable design is that its not easy to change batteries by the user. For a user like me who lives in a remote part of India where the nearest apple store is over-night train journey away, built in non-removable battery model is no way user friendly.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:46:56 +0000

Everyone can relax…I’m fairly certain that some 3rd party manufacturer will start selling “MagSafe-compatible Batteries” that will recharge the hardwired batteries on the go.

I Guarantee It…