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

I bought a refurbished Early 2008 Macbook direct from Apple in March 2009 and have been using the same original battery since then! 410 charge cycles and it's still functioning quite well.

To the folks who are complaining in a _comments section_ about swelled batteries and poor experiences, should call Applecare immediately. Walk any swelled battery into an Apple store and most likely you'll get a replacement! Complaining here in this venue shows you'd rather complain then have the issue rectified by Apple.

Also...
I bought a 3rd party version of this battery for friend's Macbook and there are a number of downsides (you might save some $ but it's not worth it):
They don't fit properly (you might have to take an exacto to shave off plastic to get it to fit with the twist-lock in place!)
They are light: obviously not taking advantage of the full enclosure
Parts inside rattle: poor built quality, letting parts inside rattle around

So the Apple 13-inch Macbook battery is solidly built and functions very well. Enough with the haters! Buy Apple Genuine!

After 1,667 battery cycles (and 5 1/2 years), my 13in. MacBook battery is finally dead. It took me through 3 years of law school, an entire keyboard (which had to be replaced because all the keys rubbed off), the Bar Exam, wedding planning, and 3 different jobs. A hard-working battery, if you ask me! Until just a few days ago, I could get about 3 to 4 hours out of one charge. Not too shabby. I only wish the mag-safe chargers lasted as long (I've had about 8 of those)!

As others said, this is a battery that will serve you well if you simply use it as you're supposed to.

From the first day I got the battery, I charged it fully, let it get down to 15 or 20 percent and then charged it again. My computer is 55 months old, and the battery has had 1000 charge cycles and I still get 2.5 hours out of a charge. The battery health is at 82 percent. There's really nothing else to say.

I have had my macbook for 4 years and just recently noticed the battery health was 48% so not even dead yet. It didn't have any problems with swelling but I bought a 2nd battery just because I want longer battery life (my old one was getting about 2 hours) now I can have 6 hours of battery life and a backup battery just in case. I don't see anything wrong with the Macbook batteries, and if you are too stingy to pay $129 for a battery how did you afford $1,000 or more for a Macbook? When I had a Toshiba, the batteries were more expensive than a Mac battery and that Toshiba computer only lasted 1 and a half years!! I love my Macbook and am very happy with the new battery :)

IF you bought your laptop battery from Apple, it is guaranteed for a certain number of cycles NOT for a certain length of time. If your battery has problems, take it to the Genius bar and have it checked out. If you have a real Apple battery and it has fewer than the rated number of charging cycles then they will give you a new one for free. (Does NOT matter if your AppleCare has expired.)

I have an old MacBook Pro and an old MacBook (both bought in 2007). Have replaced the Pro battery twice. The MacBook still has the original battery with 2168 cycles. iStat Pro says "Health: 87%", but I am going to replace the battery because it has begun dying too quickly at low charge.

I keep the electrons flowing in laptop batteries by using the laptop without the power supply and then plugging it in when not in use. I never leave the power cord connected when fully charged.

The battery life is not great. I got about 4 hours in the first year of using my MacBook and have gotten about 2.5 hours since then.

The Pro battery is not good, but if you get it to a Genius at first sign of a problem, you might get a free one. The MacBook (non-Pro) battery is great if you treat it right.

Bought my first Macbook 2006 and my battery needs to be replaced now almost 5 years later!
I have used the laptop as a laptop by using the battery and charge it when it needs power and not letting the charger be connected all the time, if you do so you do not need an laptop. The reconditioning process they have for keeping the battery alive for a long time seems to be working just fine.
I've been using a few PC laptops but none of them held this long...

My battery lasted almost 5 years, then started swelling/bulging and losing charge too fast, needing to be replaced. Not bad for a laptop battery! Just keep an eye out for the swelling before it causes damage.

I have used many many Li-Ion batteries. In fact I'm a trained chemist who researches in Li-Ion battery area and have to admit that this is by far the best Li-Ion battery I've seen in any commercial product. I'm still using the original that came with my white macbook (early 2009 model). After testing it professionally, it is at 101% capacity even after 200 cycles and more than 2 yrs later. I easily get more than 5 hrs of output.

Maybe I have a low expectation of batteries these days, but I'm giving this battery 5 stars for doing exactly what it promised to and then some. I've had my Macbook for nearly 4 years now. My first battery died after two; I put this laptop through it's paces. It's turned on virtually as long as I am. I keep the screen brightness high and don't use a screensaver or energy saving software.

The capacity has definitely lessened, but I am at over 1400 cycles after two years of use and can still get a solid 2 hours off my battery while running multiple programs and streaming video. All I've had to do is stick to their suggestion of powering all the way up and not beyond that and then allowing the battery to completely drain. Considering Apple would've told me to replace my battery 800 cycles ago, I can't complain; I'd happily buy a replacement battery now but I can see this one easily lasting another few months or a couple hundred more cycles.

I've had my macbook for just shy of four years. I have never taken care to calibrate the battery or make sure I'm charging it and let it die properly. I just plug it in when I feel like it, and take it when I need it. The battery is on its 1139th cycle, thats right one thousand, one hundred and thirty nineth cycle. I obviously don't get the same time out of it as when it was new, but do get a good 3 hours. I upgraded my HD to a 7200rpm which took a chunk out of its life but it still lasts. Running Ubuntu, I get a noticeably shorter charge, ~2 hours, but thats still enough to get me through my classes.
Over all, this really is a great battery