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    MBP battery life.

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by coucoujojo, Sep 17, 2006.

  1. coucoujojo

    coucoujojo Notebook Guru

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    who knows what is the MBP battery life before they are useless? Who bought a 2nd battery?
     
    coucoujojo, Sep 17, 2006
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    useless as in cant hold a charge anymore or just drained battery?
     
    xbandaidx, Sep 17, 2006
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    i mean years before they die.
     
    coucoujojo, Sep 17, 2006
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    Depends on how much you use it and if you do proper battery calibration.

    I'm not sure of the number of recharges but generally for li-ion its 500-1,000 charges. Anyone correct me if Im wrong.
     
    xbandaidx, Sep 17, 2006
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    Speaking of batteries, when I read the warranty, it said it does not cover replacement of batteries except for ipods.

    I couldn't see them not covering it (if you had the extended warranty for past the 1st year when the battery would likely die) and not replacing it. Anyone had their battery replaced after 1 year of ownership?
     
    hollownail, Sep 18, 2006
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    I doubt the battery becomes useless under a year (here indicating that the MacBook Pro have not been on the market for a year yet).
     
    Pressure, Sep 18, 2006
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    probably 4-5 years
     
    gridtalker, Sep 18, 2006
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    That would be something interesting to find out, if the extended APP covers a battery replacement.
     
    xbandaidx, Sep 18, 2006
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    usually, battery warranty is one year.
     
    coucoujojo, Sep 18, 2006
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    Yeah, but the extended warranty SHOULD cover a battery. I mean... kinda part of why I'm getting it.

    Though on another note, I'm please with my 3.5 hours battery life with brightness all the way up, blue tooth on, and wireless on. Heh, so much better than my 50 min on my sager!

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    whoops, sorry, it wasn't on full brightness. around 50% or so, but hey, thats still pretty nice.
     
    hollownail, Sep 20, 2006
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