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

I've had mine for 2 years now got her when they were first out had to have motherboard replaced and now battery only lasts 50% but computer tells 1.50mins but cuts once 50-44% reminds and refuses to go back on till plugged in.
I'm not sure but seems to me that the battery is defective. I've just 183 cycles and doing the whole take out battery for and hold power for 5 secs didn't do much for long.

For decades I was a pc guy. Not anymore. You get what you pay for. My 2008 macbook is on 784 cycles and is only recently starting to deplete faster. Still get a couple of hours.

I bought my MacBook in the spring of 2007 and never had to replace the battery until the summer/fall of 2009. I used my computer all the time because I was a student...I almost never shut my computer down. I traveled every few months but didn't really use my computer on my flights. When my battery finally died, my MacBook was still under my AppleCare plan. I brought it to the store and they replaced my battery for free. Not sure if that's normal practice or not, but I was definitely appreciative. I recently had to replace it again but it was my own fault--I fried it by using the wrong adapter for a year...lucky I didn't fry my whole computer. All-in-all if you're using it like an average person you're probably going to be fine. If you're on it all day every day then your battery isn't going to last as long...

I have my original MacBook battery and it has gone through 581 cycles and is still at 99% health. I have noticed maybe only slight drops in battery life over the 3 years I have owned it. I don't know what the heck these people do to their batteries that only get a few hours after only owning it for a few years. My battery can last 5 hours if I turn of airport and turn the brightness down and only do small tasks (like not watching movies or games). It goes to show that with proper maintenance this battery will last a very long time. Just don't be an idiot, use it until it's dying, then plug it in, let it charge up and don't leave it plugged in all the time fully charged. Not that hard...

Battery on my MacBook 2,16 has 5259 mAh vs 5020mAh 15 months ago, and 100% health. I'm very satisfied with the battery.
It's really hard to believe that so many people have problems with it. Maybe you don't use it properly? 80% of time I work on battery and only 20% on power adapter, during the night it's plugged to adapter. I don't see any drama coming. Still, I'm getting 5hrs of casual usage with AirPort ON

My MacBook's battery died after about 5 months of use. Now I have to buy a $129.00 replacement? I think not. Goodbye for now, Apple.

After a little over a year of owing a macbook, the battery is at ~35% capacity. Most of the time I followed the instructions that said to discharge and recharge the batter frequently, but this was not always possible, and my inability to follow these instructions at times was not responsible for the battery's poor performance.

Yeah, these batteries are the pits! Less than a year old and stone dead. Sudden death in a battery simply isn't acceptable at the rate it seems to be happening given all the other posts.

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Can not believe the battery failed in less than a year completly unsatisfactory.

Its been 3.5 years now since I got this Mac. And the battery worked well until recently when it started sweling. It still works well but I can't find a reason for its newly acquired shape.

I think Apple should find out the cause and correct it to at least avoid such problems in future.