Reviews for Rechargeable Battery - 15-inch MacBook Pro

well...my battery for my mbp jst crashed recently..but after reading everyone's comments abt their battery problem. mine is consider good i guess..one battery last for three years..and got 340 cycles...guess i should be glad i only hve to get NEW one once every three year..lucky me ^^

I am going on my third battery and there is really nothing you can do about it. The cost is way to high for such a short life. My wife has a different model going on three years and it has never shown signs of giving up.
Come on Apple lets get going on changing this problem.

I've used two batteries since I got this computer new because I've done lots of traveling and I always have to keep a charged-up spare handy just in case. One of the two is starting to get a little weak now that it has around 70 cycles on it. Doesn't seem like that much of a surprise to me. It still works, but it just doesn't hold the kind of charge that it did when it was new, so it's time for a new one. For the most part, I've found that the battery would last longer than I could keep awake on an airplane - so if the airline breaks down and coughs up a source of electrical power it just gives you a means of falling asleep to iTunes as you cross the Pacific, which beats having to rely on the airline's tunes every time!

Third batter just died. They last about a year with mild usage, maybe 50 total power cycles and they are ready for the trash.

If you add up all of the batteries and power supplies that I've had to purchase, it would equal the cost of a dell laptop. Seriously.

BTW, why can't I rate this 0 stars?

Love the computer sorry I can't say the same for the battery. there's has to be away around this problem.

I bought my Macbook Pro 15 inch about 3 and a half years ago. The battery still gives me about 3 hours of useful time. The main thing is to turn the screen brightness down to the absolute lowest level you can work with. At home I keep it at about 50%. On airplanes when it's dark in the cabin, I turn it down all the way to the lowest level. It's still bright enough to work with or watch a DVD. The LCD screens take a lot of current, so turn the brightness down to save power. It also helps to simply leave the computer on once in a while and let the battery run down all the way to the point where the computer shuts down. If you walk away from the compute, close the lid and let it go into standby mode. Turn off Bluetooth if you are not using it. Turn off WiFi if you are not using it. Turn off the keyboard lighting if you don't need it.

Be very careful with replacement batteries. Second source companies will advertise batteries with higher ratings and lower prices, but buyer beware! If it sounds too good to be true, it usually isn't true. Cheaply made batteries can be very dangerous. And in spite of the great specs, they may give very poor performance. I don't work for Apple, and have nothing to gain if you buy a replacement battery from them. However, I think you will happy in the long run if you replace your battery with one sold by Apple.

I'm on my third Apple laptop and have nothing but good things to say about them. The battery is another story. I replaced the battery in my MacBook Pro last year. The new battery has been cycled 124 times and is now dead for all practical purposes. It's a shame that Apple can't come up with components to match the quality of the computer.

I have had to request an additional battery every 12-18 months. The system shuts down without notice. This battery can't be made by Apple. This has to be a Microsoft implant. I not happy with this product and concerned that Apple's standards are slipping. They done nothing to solve this problem. Apple beware, when you get to good you start making junk. Look at Microsoft, GM, Ford.

Last month I bougth a 17-inch MacBook Pro from Apple Stıre North Michigan Avenue Retail Store, Chicago, IL...I had recharged 5 times the batteries and last weekend I could not get charged my Mac. I do not know why??? After just plugging the adapter, the green led lits 5 seconds and then turn into amber but off within 2-3 minutes... The batteries are not recharhing and the MagSafe power adapter is problem...Is there anybody experienced with that problem? I have no time and there is no service close to me, because I am now in Turkey.....................