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

I bought a second battery as my original one was starting to become less efficient at holding a charge. Now after only a year or two this second one has given up the ghost. It holds about 30 minutes of charge, tops.

My original battery that I stored according to instructions does not even charge anynore.
At the price of this battery pack and its durability I´ll be looking somewhere else.

I know rechargeable batteries do not live forever, but these ones wear down _way_ to fast.
I also work on a Lenovo T400 and that battery is still doing more or less OK after 4 years of daily 8+ hour use.

The Mackbook is a lovely machine, unfortunately its batery pack does not do it justice.

Had to get rid of my second battery because it was expanding, which was actually a replacement for the original which also expanded. Hesitant to spend $160 on another battery for it just to expand in another 6 months.

I bought a replacement battery for my mid-2007 white macbook in July of 2011. It is now December and guess what? It won't hold a charge. A lot of folks seem to be calling 6 months as the limit on the replacement battery. For the price, it should last just as long as the original battery (4 years!).

I don't understand. I bought my black MacBook back in 2007 and finally had to get a new battery for it last November... and this new battery already needs to be replaced. How irritating.

I had to get a replacement battery for my MacBook. It was about 6 months before the battery would barely hold a charge. On a full charge, the battery would die after 2 hours. Now, the battery won't charge. Ridiculously expensive for such a shoddy battery.

This is a function of the computer design. It must be. We own a white and a black MacBook bought about the same time. We also own a newer Macbook Pro and an older Macbook Pro 17inch. The latter two computers work like a charm - no failing power cords, no failing batteries.

But the white and black macbooks have been a disaster. I'm replacing the hard drive in the white macbook having already had to replace the one in the black. We replaced both power cords. We've had to have the cases repaired for known defects (cracking) twice. Now I'm needing a third battery with the current one literally dying at the six month mark.

The first battery lasted 3 years and over 1,000 cycles. The second battery died at six months and shows 300 cycles. That's not possible given that I use an iMac for office work and an iPad for traveling. That would literally mean I was charging and discharging the laptop twice a day 7 days a week for 6 months. It's almost as if the replacements were designed to fail before you ever open the box.

At this rate (one power cord, two replacement batteries) I should probably just buy a new computer. But I'm angry. I've been a Mac devotee since the 80's and still have some of the equipment. None of my computers has ever been as poorly built as these - or had as many problems. I wish the black macbooks were covered by the "lemon" law. Worse - we were charged extra for black compared to white.

Come on Apple. Really?

Purchasing a 3rd battery now. 2nd one is only about a year old and will not hold a charge. called support in the past and they try to calibrate the battery but it doesn't work. They wouldn't replace my battery. They should be replaced for free. They need redesigned for old and new Macbooks.

I am always very careful with my battery. I try to use it a infrequently as possible. I think in the course of 3 years I have used most of the battery life 3 times. Recently the bottom of my macbook started to expand. At present almost my entire battery is exposed. It is pushing up on my mouse pad so I can't use my computer while flat.

My first battery went out the first month that I had the laptop.
My second battery went out within the next year. I was told at the genius bar that I had a lot of "full charges" on the battery life. I was very confused since my iBook - which is several years older than this macbook - still holds a charge! I tried telling them that it just didn't sound accurate, and I must have some electrical issue as my charger gets really hot. No help.

I went back with a friend who was buying an iPod. It came up in conversation with the sales person who swapped out a new battery for me for free. :D (Thumbs up to that one!)

With the third battery, I decided to be careful and only use battery power when absolutely necessary. I actually even went weeks without using my laptop at all on occasions as I spent a lot of time on my work computer. Third battery down after a year and a half. BOOO! What a waste! NOT HAPPY!