Reviews for Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White)

I have owned my Core 2 Duo Macbook since December 2006, and am still running the original battery. The computer, when new, had what I considered excellent battery life, and it is still what I consider good (2+ hours). I consider that impressive for a 1 1/2-year old battery, and I find it surprising that the average review score is so low.

It is my observation that the reason there are so many negative MagSafe and battery reviews is that most happy users would never bother to submit one. I consider MagSafe an excellent design, and the battery a perfectly good one, and would give them both 4 or 5 stars.

I must confess, this new Macbook of mine is only my first ever Macbook product. I saved for it, in the face of opposition of my wife, who didn't think we needed a new laptop, bought it in December of 2007, and I have been very happy with it...except for this suddenly non-functioning battery of mine!!! All of a sudden, it goes from keeping a charge for at least 2½ hours, to only barely over one hour, and then it loses its charge in less that 45 minutes!!! The trouble with me now is that I do not have any of the papers that would allow me to claim my warranty. I believe I had registered this product, so hopefully I can claim for the warranty that way, because it is impossible to understand why such a successful and artistically inclined company, whose very ethos is built on producing and offering quality, would offer a battery of this low quality. It should not begin to fail in such a short space of time.

I will have to find out from the Discussion Boards if anyone else has experienced what I have experienced with this battery. I am loathe to purchase another one, and in fact will have to do so clandestinely, so as not to let my friends who have seen me with this machine know what problems I have had with it.

...disgruntled Apple Fanboy.

Buyer beware! This battery is very frustrating. I finally talk my wife into buying a Mac and now after the warranty expires the battery dies. Well I shouldn't say dies because the tech said that the battery shows good life left but it will shut my computer down if my MacBook is not plugged in. I wish apple would step up to the plate and fix this problem and give us poor suckers who bought this inferior product a credit or rebate.

I recieved my macbook as a christmas gift this year 2008 and it is now May 22, 2008 3 days short of 5 months and my battery is already shot, dead, lifeless!! I now have to leave it on my desk plugged in untill I recieve my new replacement. If the new one dies shortly after my year warranty, I will not spend 129 dollars for a new one! I will put my macbook on craigslist for sale and buy a different lap top!

Mine was fine until about one month after the year's warranty when it suddenly went dead without warning. In my opinion, this is defective! I never had this problem with my previous lap top. Before that its performance was fine but long performance was not my main requirement, portability was. My son bought a new black MacBook and his battery died in less than 6 months. What is Apple doing to fix this problem? It is fine to replace the battery free of charge the first year but what about someone like me whose battery fails at 13 months or someone whose battery fails for the second time at 14 months. Are you listening, Apple? You are usually very good at responding to user complaints.

My battery stopped working well after a short while. Actually my Macbook had all kinds of problems and I just recently had them all repaired under warranty but they didn't replace the battery which lasts for 30 minutes or less. I should have brought it in sooner but didn't get around to it. What bugs me is that they don't last long and the cost of a new battery is excessively expensive.

So i just got my THIRD battery for my macbook in just under two years. The first one Apple replaced for free because it only lasted four months. That last one has been hanging on for the last few months barely holding a charge so i finally had to break down and buy another one.

$130!!! For how long these things last they should be half that price.
I love my macbook but hate this battery issue...So depressing.

I got my Macbook 13'' in november 2006, about 5 months later the battery stopped working completely. It is now recognized on the toolbar as a giant x and no matter what i try it still won't charge. I've checked the mac help/troubleshooting but nothing works. Now I'm stuck with a all the time plugged-in laptop, (sort of defeats the purpose of a laptop) and always end up moving too fast and the cable comes out and the computer shuts down. I also cannot believe the price of a new battery! I love mac but if I'm going to be spending 129$ every 4-5 months to replace the battery might as well get a Dell !

I have had no problems with my current battery... It is now over a year old and i still get about 3 hours on it...

I will probably buy myself a replacement relatively soon so I can get a longer life. One thing I don't understand about previous reviews complaining about their battery dying is that this product has a one-year warranty, so Apple will replace the battery if it fails during the first year. Take it in to a store or call AppleCare and they will replace it straight away...

Enjoy the battery.

18 months old, 389 cycles, 75% health, good for 2+ hours. It occassionally goes while still showing >20%, but deep discharging takes care of that for a while. Seems the older it gets the more important deep discharging is to keep the indicator accurate. Not happy with the cost of a replacement, but that's been true with any laptop I've owned.