Macbook Battery Bullshit
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- Sharif
Anyone else have a macbookpro 15" and the battery commits suicide after like an hour tops?
fucking reef
- imadesigner0
Mine's a 12" and the battery lasts 5 minutes tops - serious!
- welded0
My girlfriend's iBook lasts less than an hour. Time to pony up $160 for a new battery...
- kelpie0
low build quality pish at a premium price. poor show.
- OBBTKN0
buy a 9 cels battery...
- HumanMale0
Same as mobile phones – you gotta charge that shit up for like 16 hours before using it, otherwise it'll last like... an hour or something...
Common sense really.
- Chief0
my 17" PB lasts maybe 3 mins. when unplugged, but it's 4 years old.
- madirish0
my 15" MBP works like a champ on battery- 3 hours maybe?
tips:
- reduce screen brightness by tons
- change power setting to normal or best better energy savings
- Haydesign0
My 15" PB is three years old
Last month the battery life shrunk to 6mins!
- k0na_an0k0
I have no problems with my computers batteries. *knock on wood
iBook - Lasts about 2-3 hours. Enough time to watch almost two hour and a half movies on a plane.
15" MBP - About 2+ hours but I've never tested it to see how much it would go. On Tuesday I forgot to plug it in when I got into work at 8:30, at 11 I finally noticed I had only 11% left.
- jaylarson0
did ya calibrate yr battery first?
- trevedda0
MB - battery lasts 5 mins - guess its old now.
MBP - brand new - loads of life in it.
Is one supposed to keep it plugged or should you drain the battery, then plug in again etc? I'm never sure what the rules are.
- jaylarson0
calibration via apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/artic…
- k0na_an0k0
did ya calibrate yr battery first?
jaylarson
(Feb 16 07, 06:23)Yes.