Rechargeable Battery - 15-inch MacBook Pro

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Battery Dead

    • Written by from GLENDALE

    Pretty bad for mac to have this issue, im on my second battery and already dead! evrething else is great...

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Not So Bad

    • Written by from Swainsboro

    I was, too, very upset at how my battery life has decreased to <4 mins. However, I've had my Mac Book Pro since Summer 2008. My battery has lasted far past the 350 charges guaranteed by Mac. Plus, I kind of abused my battery usage.
    I'm about to order my second battery and I plan to try the "cycling" technique. I was doing this in the beginning but I soon became lazy with it. Therefore, I would recommend you just be watchful of your use. Don't over charge. Don't recharge until it is absolutely necessary (battery in red or computer shuts off).
    I know this requires more care than an ordinary computer, but Mac is not ordinary.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Horrible.

    • Written by from Redmond

    I'm now on my 3rd battery. You guys should really fix this issue--it's ridiculous that I can't use my Macbook on the go...

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Battery...

    • Written by from Dover

    It's simple for me.. I love my MacBook Pro.. I hate the battery.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Absolute scam : FIND A BETTER SOLUTION

    • Written by from Los Angeles

    I hate these things. I've bought two of these in the three years I've owned a macbook pro.

    Absolutely terrible and over-priced. Most PC batteries are half the cost and last longer.

    Such a shame to pay a premium for a laptop and then to get nickel and dimed on an over-priced battery.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Battery Is Awful

    • Written by from Hopatcong

    My new battery lasted 4 months. Apple should be ashamed of this rip off. It looks like there are 800 people who basically feel the same way I do.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    I want a refund!

    • Written by from Menlo Park

    Within weeks I began to wonder if it was my old battery I had accidently inserted. It was not! within a couple more weeks my wife asked if it was the old battery - she NEVER notices these things. Within a month more, I was lucky to get an hour's use. Totally worthless, and at a 10% cost of a new laptop I was livid! Do yourself a favor, DO NOT buy this product!!!

    I'd use no stars if I could.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    OVERLY PRICED GARBAGE

    • Written by from Orlando

    This is my second battery I have bought. It has yet to reach 300 cycles and already it is telling me it's running as a "service battery", which means it is running abnormally. I am in college and cannot afford to be spending $123 on a battery that won't last me more than a few months.
    Is Apple paying any mind to this matter? This really is an issue that needs to be dealt with, and as you can see, I am not the only one who feels this way.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Not great but good

    • Written by from Plymouth

    I've been a user of PC's and Mac's. In my experience so far 2 years is doing well. I currently have a 4 year old macbook pro 15" 2.16GHz. I am on my second battery. Two years on the first and two years and counting on the second. While I would like for them to last longer my experience with Sony laptop batteries has been about the same lifespan (really quite a lot worse with most dells), so I rate this as average.

    Would love it if they brought some of the new battery technology in the latest gen laptops to this older form factor, but I know I am dreaming there.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    This is why AppleCare is worthwhile.

    • Written by from Toronto

    I have a MacBook Pro 2.16MHz 15" (MacBookPro2.2) that is now more than 4 year old, but has served me very well and continues to do so.
    However, this battery that it uses must be of a faulty design or have manufacturing defects (made by Sony?). For my Apple laptops, I always purchase the 3-year extended warranty and it pays for itself in replacement batteries. Over the past years, I have had two batteries replaced under warranty. Now, the latest battery has died and I have to pay my own way. I will keep the old battery for desktop use (as a UPS) and just use the new when I'm on the road. I am mostly stationary - plugged in - surf the Internet, do photo management with Aperture, watch my iTunes TV-shows, and cycle my battery - what am I doing wrong? I suspect the battery is overheating: cooked.
    I just purchased another brand new 15" MacBook Pro for work and I sincerely hope the new type of battery is more reliable...

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    horrible

    • Written by from Manalapan

    These batteries are not robust - even when careful about limiting the number of cycles and charging fully, they do not last very long - maybe a year if you are lucky - before they lose their full charge in less than an hour doing simple tasks. I am about to start on my third battery in 3 years and the one in there now can't even hold onto it's dwindling charge long enough to warn me - the computer will just lose power. As part of an otherwise fabulous machine, I am angry I have to buy yet another one of these.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Two years - three batteries

    • Written by from Norman

    Title says it all. Battery is a total money sink. I use my computer everyday for work and school. Terrible, terrible, overpriced, useless product. Honestly, considering the horrendous customer service, the fact that my speakers, screen, internet, keyboard, and power cord have had to be fixed or replaced, and three batteries in two years.... apple products are vastly overrated.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    good so far

    • Written by from Peterborough

    I'm having a MBpro (spring 2008) and it is still running with its original battery.
    The battery has now over 440 cycles and still gives me over 3hrs when fully charged.
    Though, this is just about half the load it could hold when it was new (6hrs). Guess I'm facing a swap to be made soon, but since I'm not using this MBpro for traveling, I can wait a little longer.

    Bottom line, 3 years, >440 cycles, not bad for a laptop battery. Mine also doesn't get extensively warm and it did not deform at all. Hope I have similar luck with the next battery.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Disappointing product

    • Written by from MIAMI

    I can ditto almost everything that other customers have said. The lifespan of a MBP battery appears to be little over a year, with normal usage, and, following all of Apple's maintenance guidelines. It's somewhat baffling, given the immense expertise, talent and innovation of Apple Inc., how such a poor product is continually offered with new machines and for replacements. I believe that the many loyal Apple users deserve better.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    #1226 Battery

    • Written by from Ossining

    once again this battery swelled so my pointer & clicker don't work!!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Come on Apple & Steve Jobs

    • Written by from Melbourne

    On to my third battery like so many others that have complained... IS ANYONE AT APPLE LISTENING? Have been a loyal Apple purchaser since 1982 -- worse product ever owned. Hope the internal batteries fair better. Apple leadership would be wise to fix this & rebate to its customers. APPLE -- LET US ALL KNOW YOU ARE LISTENING & HAVE A FIX!!!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    A Terrible Product!

    • Written by from Kentwood

    This MacBook Pro battery amazes me -- for all the wrong reasons.

    I'm amazed that Apple -- in spite of the hundreds of negative reviews and very poor overall rating -- has not seen fit to improve this product. You'd think by now they'd have put more time into it. It's a very, very expensive battery and, yet, it's virtually worthless.

    I'm also amazed a product this poor got past Apple QC. It should never have been released in the first place.

    I'm about ready to obtain my third battery for my MacBook Pro. The first one had to be replaced, and was covered under warranty. The second one hasn't fared any better. It dies in less than an hour (and heats up like a mama if I use it without a cooling device under it). Now, I need a third battery, which means I'll have to buy this one. At $129, this is a major purchase. But, then again, most of Apple's products are outrageously expensive.

    If there was a way NOT to use this battery, I would. But what good is a laptop that I can't use apart from the power chord?

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    "Third Battery's the Charm"?

    • Written by from Winnipeg

    I have two batteries, but didn't switch them often, since I usually made sure to find a convenient outlet to plug into -- they don't last long at the best of times, and I'm paranoid. Well, a couple months ago I couldn't find a convenient outlet, so I tried the battery alone. The battery went down to 50% and then my computer did a hard shutdown without warning. Since then, it's been steadily getting worse -- now it dies at 80% charge, and it gets to that point in about 10 - 15 minutes. I tried switching to the second battery, but it won't run at all with that one; won't turn on or charge. Guess I'll have to buy a third.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Absolute Garbage!!!

    • Written by from Richmond

    This battery is absolutely terrible. I had three since I bought my laptop in 2007. Not a single one has made it past 350 cycles without completely dying. And I have done everything apple asks to maintain battery life. Cycling it once a week, recalibrating it, etc. etc. I cannot believe the lack of quality control in this piece of trash. And $160 for a replacement!? Seriously someone at Apple is on hard drugs because this is the biggest joke I have ever seen. Well Apple it's your loss as I just bought a pc laptop and built a hackintosh. Hopefully you can bring your quality control up again and I will consider buying another mac. Until then I'm sorry but this experience has ruined my switch to the mac.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Horrible Battery, Second One That Has Died in a little Over 2 Years

    • Written by from WARREN

    I just thought I'd warn everybody about this product. This is now the second battery I've had in a litlte over 2 years and the battery doesn't remotely hold a charge. As soon as I take it off the charger the entire laptop dies. On top of that, the green LED's on the back do not light up at all indicating very poor health and the laptop even reports that the battery is not installed. The battery worked for maybe 9-10 months and for the price this is a horrible product. I think it's funny that even after everybodys horrible review of this product Apple continues to try and sell it, fail, in my opinion.

    An unahppy customer.

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