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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Not Bad At All

Written by MG from Dumfries

Nov 25, 2009

Ive had my Macbook for nearly 3 years and after about 440 cycles it is down to 26% and the battery lasts 40 minutes if I'm lucky.

I had never noticed any problems until very recently. It has only given up in the last few months so I can't really complain.

I cant think of a day that it wasn't used, so this really isn't a bad time at all for it to last.

Sometimes I would accidentally leave it in the car in cold conditions etc. and I have never really had any problems with it running.

I'm not extremely happy paying nearly £100 to replace it, but i know it will be worth it knowing I wont have to plug in to charge after 20 minutes.

I just hope my new one will last me as long :)

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

To expensive to replace something I did not break!

Written by AR from Ballyshannon

Nov 25, 2009

I had my Mac for under 1 year ( 10 months ) when it broke.
It has decided to read that it has not got any battery and it is not going to charge.
I am not happy about having to pay €139.99 for it! - Its ridicules!

8 of 9 people found this useful

Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Really Good

Written by BP from bristol

Nov 20, 2009

My battery just died :-(

But it's 3+ years old and had 892 cycles on it. I used it 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, for over 3 years and it died with a 77% life.

Battery are random, some are good, some are bad. But the one I'm replacing was a good one. Hopefully the new one will be just as good.

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Not up to standard

Written by RT from Farnham

Oct 31, 2009

My original battery died after 156 cycles and only 16 months old. I always fully discharged it before recharging and expected it to last much longer. It just stopped working one day - saying "Not Charging" in the menu bar - which is a failure and not a worn out battery. Having been advised that batteries were consumable and that it was out of warranty I was advised to buy a new one. For £97 I expect much more from this product. The replacement didn't even fit as well as the original.

17 of 17 people found this useful

Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Battery dyed after 16 months

Written by JK from LAHTI

Oct 29, 2009

Very disapointed to quality. Especially compared to high price!

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Replacement Battery...... again!

Written by JT from EDINBURGH

Oct 26, 2009

This will be my 3rd battery within 18 months? Not happy at £97 replacement. The current battery has only been charged 97 so well within the useage. If my Mac is left for more than a few days (ie a holiday) without being used. The battery just drains and the little x appears?

Diappointed to say the least!

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

A good battery

Written by TS from Weston-Super-Mare

Oct 11, 2009

My battery has lasted me very well, after 614 cycles it's still at ~70% health, I'm sure if I get into calibrating more this can stabalise too. The button to check charge is a very neat function, one of those 'Apple touches'. Although mine may be over the hill in terms of its life it's still very good compared to many of the alternatives out there.

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Apple need to sort this problem!

Written by BL from York

Oct 1, 2009

My battery has just died after 18 months use and 139 cycles (instead of the expected 300). Not impressed at all, especially seeing as my MacBook is now out of warranty. Even less impressed that it's £97 to replace such a poor piece of kit! What makes it worse is that my old Sony Vaio battery is still going after 5 years, so makes this situation even more hard to accept!

Sort this out Apple - listen to your customers!

19 of 21 people found this useful

Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

The MacBook is a grate product, the battery is not

Written by JF from FRODSHAM

Aug 30, 2009

In 18 months 2 MacBook batteries have stopped working, they went from working fine to the Mac not recognising. As this had not failed due to normal use and was the second time you would think Apple would replace it. However, they would not, so after having no battery for nearly a year I am about to buy a 3rd party one for £30 instead of the near £100 Apple want. I am also willing to bet it will last just as long if not longer.

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Luck of the draw

Written by SL from Shipley

Jul 20, 2009

To all those happily saying "well MINE hasn't broken" - that's brilliant for you, but don't assume that everyone having trouble with their battery hasn't looked after it properly. I am in the habit of charging and discharging it regularly, not leaving it uncharged sitting it it's bag and not leaving the laptop to get hot by having it on a soft surface yet I will be on my third when this one is replaced.

Apple are aware that there is a problem, even if you are not. They were very nice the first time this happened, which I hope will be the case again.

I think it's all in the luck of the draw, some people are luckier than others. I've been unfortunate enough to have 4! dodgy casings on my white macbook even though i'm always very careful with it. Each time Apple have been lovely and understood that even in the best of products, some flaws will still slip through.

Overall the product does a great job, has a longer battery life than almost all others on the market and is mostly reliable. There are some issues which seem to be consistent but with each new release the problems are addressed.

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Absolutely appalling.

Written by TT from Nottingham

Jul 1, 2009

I do NOT expect to pay over £1000 for a MacBook whose battery and fan dies less than 18 months after purchase.

Now I have a MacBook which turns itself off after overheating, which is approximately TWENTY MINUTES after turning it on, plugged in. That's if it is allowed to cool, otherwise it will switch off in under three minutes.

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Woefully unsatisfactory

Written by CC from london

Jun 5, 2009

Mine started not charging after about only 12 months, nowadays I have to have it plugged in all the time. Someone said it's not up to Apple standards, but in my opinion the only thing that has ever been up to Apple standards is the OS, this is nothing more than I would expect from Apple hardware. Now it looks like it's going to cost me £100 for a new battery every 12 months.

Exceedingly disappointed.

44 of 53 people found this useful

Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Very Poor

Written by AM from London

May 13, 2009

Have had my laptop about 18 months now and gradually it started not charging randomly, then sometimes I'd had to have it plugged in to use, then sometimes I'd fully charge it and it would die as soon as I unplugged it, then it just stopped charging. £97!? If you are forced to buy this item, do so elsewhere.

37 of 42 people found this useful

Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Not bad.

Written by TC from Harrow

May 10, 2009

I've had my macbook (CoreDuo) for about...2 years and a half. Battery is still alive and kicking, sure it doesn't exactly have a great capacity since it does tend to only give me about 2-3 hours of power.. (low cpu usage).

Can't remember the last time i calibrated it...but apart from that it works fine!

None of this battery not recognized business.

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

macbook battery, great!

Written by SE from DUNFERMLINE

May 6, 2009

ive had my macbook for 2 years now and not had even one tiny problem with my battery, IT LASTS AGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i havent a clue how everyone is destroying their batteries.... stop spilling your coffee on your battery!!

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Not Happy

Written by JW from Bideford

May 3, 2009

Using my laptop on the sofa as usual and suddenly it switches off! Now i can only use the laptop with the power-cord. If i wanted a freaking desktop i would have got one!!! I did my research on the web and found that this problem is very common in macbooks. The battery is fully charged yet the macbook doesn't seem to think so and i've only had the mac for 20 months - no problems with the battery until yesterday. Now i got to fork out £100 for a new one.

Sort it out apple! Or maybe put this major flaw in one of your sparkly adverts next time!

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Worst product you could imagine

Written by SJ from Haderslev

Mar 21, 2009

I've had my MacBook for 3 years now and this is my third battery. The two first batteries was replaced under the warranty. Please note that I'm not allowed to comment on Apple's Customer service in this regard.

Now there's a problem with the battery again and I'm therefore forced to purchase a new one. It seems as if Apple has great problems with their batteries in general. This is the third time I've experienced that my MacBook is not able to recognize the battery. There's an black X under battery status.

Try and Google: "MacBook" "X" "battery" and "problems" and you'll realize that this is a wide-spread issue.

Sometimes the problem can be solved through software updates etc., however that has not been my case.

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Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

Works perfectly well if you take care of it.

Written by GS from EPSOM

Jan 16, 2009

I've had my MacBook nearly eighteen months, it's done nearly six-hundred charge cycles and the battery's still running nicely with about 98% of its original capacity.

My sister has had her MacBook almost three years and her battery has had trouble. Hers was in a batch that did have dodgy batteries, and despite being out of warrenty Apple were happy to replace the faulty battery free of charge. The brand new battery she got has never been calibrated and as it is she barely gets two hours out of it. I still get a good four hour run - unless I'm running Logic 8 or Parallels.

In summary - take care of it. It's not that much effort running it all the way down and back up, especially if you're a student using it in your flat and in lectures. Do that and you won't have a problem. Problems only come with ignorance.

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