Reviews for Rechargeable Battery - 17-inch MacBook Pro

I have saved and saved to purchase two Mac pros for my daughters for college. One is almost three years old and one is barely two. Over $6500.00 dollars for two Mac pros.

They baby their APPLES. Which is because I am a single mom - barely making ends meet - with no help for extras outside of tuition for support from my ex.

Without ANY warning by youngest daughters MAC, three years old - has its battery literally explode while she was in her English 101 class. The screen popped - and then went dead. And is STILL dead - the lap top will not turn on with the auxiliary plug - Dead Dead Dead.

I did as much research as I could before buying these MACS. $6500 could have bought 6 months worth of heat for the house. Or clothes and food - but they needed these computers for college. The APPLE CSR was very gung hoe and swore these MACS were the best in the industry..... but seemed to neglect telling me anything about the batteries exploding.

In fact, when I spoke to CSRs last week (Nov2 2011)- he told me - well three of them told me - they had NEVER heard of a battery exploding before... "Unheard of".."What did you do?"...."I cant say I have every heard of anything like this happening before".....

Really?


I have always loved loved loved APPLE. But to say i am panicked and frustrated and disappointed doesn't cover enough for me right now. I just hope the person at the "Genius" bar - really pays attention when i bring this MAC in for a diagnostic.

I have...or HAD two batteries for my 17" Pro, until now. Both began to expand (bubble out) and need replacement. The battery icon said they needed to be "serviced". They didn't say: "Warning! Your batteries are about to explode. Take them out immediately before you have a meltdown." They are quite expensive. There needs to be improvement in either the type of battery, or the communications you receive from the computer about what's happening to your battery.

Like many others, my battery rumpled on the seam that results in operational failure. Fundamental design flaw.

This would be the second one I think, as others have reported. The price tag is not cheap but still cheaper than buying a new laptop - although I'm sure apple will force me to upgrade, already they are cancelling me.com next June... I've had this one for more than six years though, and it still serves well (after a hard-drive upgrade). Still, I'm weary of getting another battery. Seems like it started after my last trip to Europe (220v, supposedly the power supply handles it) - maybe because I used it on the train where power may not be the cleanest. If the battery starts swelling after a surge, they need to fix it...

On both my 17 in Macbook pro and my daughter's 15 in the batteries bubbled and looked like they would burst. The computers weren't working well prior to my discovering the bubble. i am concerned about what could have happened if I didn't discover the problem when I did. After reading the reviews i see that this is, unfortunately, a common problem. I'm surprised that Apple would allow this problem to continue. I love everything else about Apple but this is a serious problem that should be addressed.

I have a 4 year old MacBook pro and this is the 3rd battery I have had to replace due to it "bubbling" after 1 yr of use. 129.00 is way to much for a battery that has an 18 month lifespan. I have replaced 3 batteries in my sons MacBook pro also.

I love my Mac, but this is ridiculous they should at least make it 3-5 years before they quite literally blow-up.

I bought my MacBook Pro in January 2007 (my battery says 2006) and I noticed my computer would just shut off at around 26% battery life, then 30% and that's was a few weeks ago. Well today tonight it warped and I believe it died. luckily I had my power adapted plugged in the whole time as I was reformatting lots of videos and I think it couldn't handle the heat which I usually use a pad that absorbs the heat or one with fans. I'm disappointed that it died as I did use the adapter most of the time and occasionally the battery and let run out. I can't believe the battery looks like it's about to explode and wonder if I had left it in much longer if it would have and maybe short circuit the computer. These should have been recalled. Now I will be out $116.00

:(

first one bulged in 2 years, second battery - in 1 year. common, i have to work... what's with these batteries? and it's not just a 'short life cycle thing' my mouse pad button is always 'clicked' like 'on' so the mbp is useless when the battery is in.

Is there any remedy? This is a $129 battery we're talking about here!

As soon as you feel it getting tremendously hot, is there anything one can do to slow the death of the battery? Use an ice pack to slow the chemical process? I know Apple stopped calling it a "laptop" in favor of the mac "book" because it was getting so hot it would burn-- but come on, they should at least help us to help ourselves instead of just using a marketing tactic to make the problem fizzle away.