Reviews for Rechargeable Battery - 15-inch MacBook Pro

Like many others on this post, my battery died after 14 months. Compared to others I shouldn't complain but I will anyway. Apple you need to fix this problem! This issue is driving many of your best and most loyal customers crazy.

MacBook Pro: 5 Stars
Battery: 0 Stars

15 inch MacBook Pro battery life
I love my MacBook Pro laptop but this battery has been very disappointing. I have only had the laptop one year and I try very hard to watch the charging of the battery. It worked one day and the next would not hold a charge. Considering the cost of the replacement battery, there must be a solution to keeping the battery more than one year.

I've used a lot of laptops over the years. Mostly PC laptops but the technology is really the same. Invariably within 2-3 years of use a battery has little useful life left. Strangely my macbook pro battery has lasted under a year and lost over half its capacity. Thankfully it should be within warranty. I suspect these issues are related to the battery source mfg issues (batteries catching fire, etc) from a year and more ago. Hopefully the replacement battery will last longer. I'd highly advise all macbook buyers to check their battery life before the first year is up and ask for a warranty replacement if it has significantly declined.

I doubt that there's anything Apple could do, and I know that everyone is looking hard for better battery technology, but these are just not very decent energy storage devices. Initially, they're capacity is acceptable, considering the amount of power the machines require. But it is extremely frustrating that my replacement battery is now lasting about 60% as long as it did when it was new, less than six months ago. For the amount of money they charge for these, I would expect more long-term longevity.

well i can say ive gone thru an smu and 5 batteries in one year thank heavens for my APP keys to get that replacements is going thru all the steps calibrate the battery charge till full and drain then if u get issues try a known good battery if then it gets better then u call applecare they will hook u up

At first this Battery was going for 3+ hours, but that was only for the first 3 months or so... It stopped working after a while and then it would work again and then cut out. This battery definetly needs a recall, not just on the ones that were sent out 8 months ago, all of them.

My experience is consistent with everyone else's. I got my Macbook Pro in September and the battery was more or less fine until recently. Now it runs out of power very very quickly. But who are we kidding. I have been with Apple since the early 80s and I love them. But we all know that their batteries are lousy, and their claims of battery life have always been gross exagerations.

Below JW bags the rest of us for not using our battery correctly. Maybe he should go to work as a consultant for Apple Customer Service. My battery died 6 months after the purchase of MBP. Old batteries were vulnerable to damage with AC power use. Current batteries are, supposedly, not effected the same way. With out wasting time on battery technology; the reality is that the MAJORITY of 15" MBP users are having problems. If you want to help, tell us what is working for you. If not keep your opinion of the rest of us to yourself. You are in a forum to voice about the product and help others. My battery cover is also bowing out, which is also suggesting over heating. I too have followed every instruction by Apple and the result has been the same. This will be a test of the Apple warranty and customer service in handling the product.

As has been mentioned previously many times before, the lifespan on this product seems to be incredibly poor. I bought my 15in MacBook Pro back in August, and everything was working fine - I calibrated the battery just like the manual said, and I was getting a good 4 or 5 hours of use out of it each time. After about eight weeks I noticed a slight drop in battery performance, in that it would be fully charged but only have about 3 hours power. It's now December and the most I can get out of it is 2 hours and 40 minutes. Either I have a faulty product or these batteries simply aren't as good as they're made out to be. At $129 (approx £65) a throw, replacement is an option I don't want to think about. Sort it out Apple!

although im very content with the computer, the battery has been a very disappointing experience. After six months of use, it never gave me more than 2 hours of battery life and now its swollen up and completely dead. More disappointing is that it does not qualify for repalcement, so its $120 bucks out of my pocket.