Reviews for Rechargeable Battery - 15-inch MacBook Pro

this is ridiculous my mac book pro cost me just under £2,000 in april 06
and now i cannot work without the Ac plug in
and £100 for a new battery sort it out apple

I own my MBP since November 2007 and I've been enjoying almost every moment with it since then. But the battery quality is really disappointing and it affects the overall experience in a very negative way.
After less than two year of use and around 70 cycles (with careful real-world use and calibration every couple of months) the capacity has dropped below 50%, the percentage meter behaves erratically (indicated charge level drops down in quick and unpredictable steps without any change to the computer usage parameters) and, most important, the computer can shut down unexpectedly, without any warning and with battery charge above 20%.
The battery is a vital component of any portable device. I'm using my computer professionally, often in environments where electricity is not available. I can't accept this kind of performance from a computer at this price (and quality) level.
I want to buy a new battery, which is not cheap in any case, and I keep reading reviews mentioning that new batteries also show the same behaviour after a little while.
Apple, why you ruin your customer experience and trust with such a poor product?

My battery has started to shut down without any warning. I just looked up a split second before it shut down and it was showing 82% charge.

What's that all about Apple?

Sort out these faulty batteries please, as it seems this is not a one off case!

Apple should be ashamed of themselves for not only selling this piece of garbage but also for doubling the price.

I'm in need of my third battery for my MacBook Pro in as many years now and the first replacement cost me £50. Now it's £99? You should be cutting the price and saying sorry if anything.

Overpriced, shoddily made rubbish. As soon as I can find a complaints phone number on this self appreciating website of theirs I plan to have a right go at them.

One star only because I couldn't give 0.

After moderate use for 1.5 years this battery has all but died which is very poor for a £1500 laptop, and now I have to shell out 97 pounds for a new one.

Poor show Apple

In the beginning the battery is wonderful. Unfortunately it doesn't take long to reduce the length of charge from 4 hours to a little over 1 hour depending on what you're doing. Unfortunately for me I've had a new battery for every year I've had my macbook pro. Luckily, the first replacement came under warranty from a lovely company just outside of Edinburgh called CMYK Digital Solutions. They were replacing a damaged optical drive for me and decided they'd replace my Top Case (keyboard surround and trackpad), and a new battery. All for free. Awesome. Sadly one year and one month on, I cannot get a replacement battery from my 3 year Apple Care cover because apparently i've recharged the battery too much. I'd like to know who else thinks that charging the battery twice per day is too much? Especially at the deteriorating rate the battery covers as the time goes on. They say they would only cover a 'defective' battery up to 300 charges. My battery at 600 has managed to cut itself dead, holds 0 charge and has riddled me to using the power supply. If at 300 charges it's meant to still hold 80% of the original charge then by 600 it should be at around 40 to 50%. Now I'll have to fork out £97 for a new one. It's not as if I've not had to buy a new charger before either. Their build quality was shocking until my third one. I love my mac and everything about it. But at it's cost maybe I should have bought a desktop machine rather than a laptop. I don't think they are built to take being what is in our case, the main computer in the home. (sad face)

I have just replaced my Mac Book Pro Battery last week, for it's first two charges I had about 4 hours life, now after 5 charges it's down to 1:39 min's since I have started to write this it has drained down to 1:20 min's that's 19 mins in less than 2!! Whats worse is I have the display down to the lowest setting and energy saver to 10 mins just to help save what power it does hold.
This battery is going back to the store for a full refund and no i am not replacing it until Apple address the issue.
For £99.90 I expect a fully working battery that just works, now back to my old battery which is only able to charge for 1 hour and that's 2 years old.

my laptop is just a little over a year old, i use it on a day to day basis recently the battery life away from the mains hasn't lasted past 20minutes. after reading the reviews here i may just save santa £100 by NOT buying a replacement.

will apple be fixing this problem in the near future?

I have my 15inch MBP little over a year now. My battery lasts an hour and switches off without warning. I have bought two power cords as they keep breaking, that cost me £120. Now another £100 for a battery. After nearly eight years of using Apple products my MBP will be the last laptop I will buy from Apple until they they make improvements.

Very disappointing...

Two batteries, both only lasted one year.

Rubbish.

Apple – you are losing it!! I've been a fan for well over a decade. I'm losing faith. Rapidly.

My £1300 laptop has had a failed top clam, failed cables inside, failed logic board, two failed batteries, failed hard drive, and a failed cooling fan.

Our £300 PC has been far, far, far more reliable.

Sort it out. Stop chasing profit and share price – and deliver what you used to.