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14 | 53.85% |
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2 | 7.69% |
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4 | 15.38% |
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3 | 11.54% |
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1 | 3.85% |
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0 | 0% |
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1 | 3.85% |
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1 | 3.85% |
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| 10-07-2007 | #21 (permalink) |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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I just recalibrated the battery on my April-born MBP. 88% health before, and 100% after. Shiny!
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| 12-17-2007 | #22 (permalink) |
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My battery life started out fantastic (3-4 hours out of the box), but then my charger's status light went out after about 5 months, which meant it wouldn't properly charge my battery without some wiggling around. Eventually I had to replace the battery and charger after 16 months of owning my MacBook and my battery life had dwindled to 45% health and an hour and a half charge capacity. The charger wire was also getting extremely hot and melted the wire at the point of contact with the computer.
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| 12-31-2007 | #23 (permalink) |
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Hello, my Macbook is over one year, and battery is acting very bad.,It shouts down with sometimes no warnings...370 cycles already..most one hour lifetime.Should I buy a new one or try to get it for free? I do have AppleCare for 3 years...thanks
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| 12-31-2007 | #24 (permalink) |
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@luisop: AppleCare does not cover batteries, so the odds of you getting one for free are slim. I would say however that it's worth having the machine checked out by an Apple Store or AASP as they would want to look at why it's shutting down without warning.
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| 12-31-2007 | #25 (permalink) |
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It's always worth going into an Apple store if there's one near you. Some people have gotten very generous replacements from Apple which Apple was in no way required to give.
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| 01-22-2008 | #27 (permalink) |
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i thought i was making my battery happier, but apparently not.
i just did a recalibration as istat was showing 45% health. well now that i have recalibrated it is reading 25%. that sucks. any ideas out there? should i recalibrate again? |
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| 01-29-2008 | #28 (permalink) |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Hmm.. I've calibrated twice in the last month and still have mine randomly shutting down with no warning at around the 30-40% mark. Guess I need to get it to a Genius Bar.
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turn brightness all the way down and just surf the net I get 4 to 4.5 hours on a charge
