Comments on: 5 hours 25 minutes Macbook Pro battery life http://installingcats.com/2008/04/27/5-hours-25-minutes-macbook-pro-battery-life/ Fixes for Apple AirPort, QuickTime AVI, and other Leopard Issues Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:58:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Lori Cho http://installingcats.com/2008/04/27/5-hours-25-minutes-macbook-pro-battery-life/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Lori Cho Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:56:12 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=77#comment-684 My maximum charge is about 2 hours and 5 minutes. My 15-inch Macbook Pro (purchased in Aug2007) has never ever reached 4 hours. That would be a dream. My maximum charge is about 2 hours and 5 minutes. My 15-inch Macbook Pro (purchased in Aug2007) has never ever reached 4 hours. That would be a dream.

]]> By: Ben Lam http://installingcats.com/2008/04/27/5-hours-25-minutes-macbook-pro-battery-life/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Ben Lam Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:17:53 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=77#comment-195 I'm getting lucky with fulfillment from Apple warranty coverage. I thought that Apple had switched battery suppliers after the fiasco with the last batch of Sony's. So by default, you should get a SMP battery. This is my assumption/guess as most people on the forums are receiving SMP batteries from this latest round of battery failures, starting around Christmas of 2007. My current "Full Charge Capacity" is 5465 mAh after 3 months of use. (You can find this value in Applications -> Utilities -> System Profiler -> Hardware -> Power). This gets me about 4 hours 30 minutes with normal web surfing/Wordpress usage. The Full Charge Capacity has barely changed from new. So far... this SMP battery is solid. Plus, I haven't been nice to the battery either, using it to depletion around 5-6 times a month and here and there for short periods. I’m getting lucky with fulfillment from Apple warranty coverage.

I thought that Apple had switched battery suppliers after the fiasco with the last batch of Sony’s. So by default, you should get a SMP battery. This is my assumption/guess as most people on the forums are receiving SMP batteries from this latest round of battery failures, starting around Christmas of 2007.

My current “Full Charge Capacity” is 5465 mAh after 3 months of use. (You can find this value in Applications -> Utilities -> System Profiler -> Hardware -> Power).

This gets me about 4 hours 30 minutes with normal web surfing/Wordpress usage.

The Full Charge Capacity has barely changed from new. So far… this SMP battery is solid. Plus, I haven’t been nice to the battery either, using it to depletion around 5-6 times a month and here and there for short periods.

]]> By: Dave http://installingcats.com/2008/04/27/5-hours-25-minutes-macbook-pro-battery-life/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Dave Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:35:07 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=77#comment-194 How does one obtain an SMP battery for the MacBook Pro as compared to the Sony I get every time I get a new one for my MBP? Are you ordering from a third party, or just getting lucky on Apple's fulfillment from orders with them? I'm getting due for a new battery on my c-2006 MBP and might as well try to get the best, if SMP is indeed the best. Has yours stood up to the test of time three months later in terms of actual daily usage? How does one obtain an SMP battery for the MacBook Pro as compared to the Sony I get every time I get a new one for my MBP?

Are you ordering from a third party, or just getting lucky on Apple’s fulfillment from orders with them?

I’m getting due for a new battery on my c-2006 MBP and might as well try to get the best, if SMP is indeed the best.

Has yours stood up to the test of time three months later in terms of actual daily usage?

]]> By: How to get a long battery life on the MacBook Pro: My Mac Journal http://installingcats.com/2008/04/27/5-hours-25-minutes-macbook-pro-battery-life/comment-page-1/#comment-43 How to get a long battery life on the MacBook Pro: My Mac Journal Sat, 10 May 2008 09:28:42 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=77#comment-43 [...] Lam Installingcats enjoyed a longer battery life on his MBP after he installed a replacement lithium-polymer unit made by SMP in exchange for the [...] [...] Lam Installingcats enjoyed a longer battery life on his MBP after he installed a replacement lithium-polymer unit made by SMP in exchange for the [...]

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