Reviews for Rechargeable Battery - 17-inch MacBook Pro

My battery works great and i use it every day in school for at least 3 hours a day. I have had my MacBook Pro for a year in a half now and it always has worked wonderfully. The battery is good and it never swelled or anything. So I guess Im quite lucky but from my use of my laptop I would think that the battery would have exploded by now. I am always running large programs b/c I am a photagrapher and i have final cut studio and appature AND photoshop. Then i have my music running when i do that and wifi on. I think that apple did well on this protect. I love it. The battery life could be slighty longer its only like 3 hours but I still love it.

I'v had this laptop for over a year now and the power as been great. For the time I'v had it, I calculated I used it for a little over 300 days(I was away for the first 2 months I had it, so sad) but when I use it, I use it a lot. I charge it when I go to sleep, it powers all the way down during the day, I charge it again, and it powers all the way down again before I go to bed(so 2 full uses during the day, sometimes 3). And keep in mind these are full charges with about 3 hours of life. (so I use my computer a lot, oh well). Now thats over 600 full charges with good life!!(your only supposed to get 300!) And no I don't just sit there staring at the screen all day, I'm always on the internet, aim, msn, email, itunes, and youtube, often at one time. So yes I think it works very well.

Apple has engineered a great battery for the 17" MacBook Pro. It keeps chugging for 3.5 to 4 hours and greatly outpaces my old G4 15" Powerbook battery with double the operating time. I'm very impressed. Good work Apple!

Note: If anyone isn't getting fabulous operating time, or is experiencing battery warpage or overheating, take your notebook into the Apple store and get a new battery. If you're within warranty it should be free, or if out of warranty, $129 is a small price to pay for the power this little beast puts out.