MacBook Pro 2011 Battery Re-Charging Issue

allawayr: If you're not satisfied, you have 14 days to return your computer.

Hey eww -

Thanks for letting me know. I must admit, other than this issue I am really enjoying my macbook pro. I'm going to run some performance tests (i.e. run some GPU and CPU intensive processes) these next couple of days and make a final decision...if the computer lasts long enough while plugged in, I'll be satisfied.

That being said, it's good to know I can back out if need be.

Thanks!

Actually I should have qualified my statement. If you bought it directly from Apple (through an Apple Store or Apple Online Store) and it wasn't custom-configured, you have 14 days to return it. If you bought it through a reseller, the reseller's own policies will control, and they may be different from Apple's.

Mbp 2011 15'' hires screen. I have the same problem running win7 (bootcamp) + nfs shift 2 or crysis 2. The magsafe led turns orange indicating its charging when i'm using plugged on the power.

I'm a bit disapointed. My mbp 2007 didn't act like that.

My disapointment raises with the thunderbolt issues with external displays. I got no ext display to work :(

Eww-

Mine is a custom config (screen, HD, and RAM - tho I should have just done the RAM myself...), but on the bright side I did some fairly gaming today (no bootcamp, though) and it did charge - much more slowly, of course - but that is OK with me, as long as there is no net loss of charge when it is plugged in.

I would love to see a 120W charger though - this one is burning up!

Well, as I wrote somewhere — I'm not going to go look for it it now — my completely unconfirmed suspicion is that Apple hasn't offered a higher-output adapter because the MBP would be extremely hard pressed to disperse the additional heat that would be generated by pumping more watts through it. If you note the differences in temperature readings (and tangible temps on some of the outer surfaces of the case where there are no sensors, notably near the MagSafe connector) between when the battery is charging and when it's fully charged, and assume that that much additional heat would be produced if the battery were able to be charged even with the machine running flat out, you'll have a pretty good handle on the heat-dissipation problem.

I think its more of a compatability issue with the old chargers, etc.

Apple are a pretty clever bunch, If they wanted to pump more power though it then thats what they would do.

Maybe its time to email Steve ;-)

It's plain that if Apple were content to build 12-pound, 2-inch-thick "portables" (ha ha - right) like Alienware does, they'd have no trouble blasting away more heat with more and bigger fans. But the very high temperatures at which the 2011 MBPs are reported to be running, compared even with last year's i5 and i7 MBPs, make it pretty clear that Apple is approaching the limits of effective heat dispersion within the confines of the slim unibody design. It may take a new case design to enable the dispersal of another 30-50 watts' worth of heat.

And there's no compatibility issue with the old 85W chargers. Properly handled and in good shape, they all work just fine with every MBP ever made. (All MBPs came with 85W adapters until June 2009, when the 13" and bottom-end 15" with one GPU were released with 60W adapters.) It's the new ones with the right-angled MagSafe connectors that have problems with some of the older machines.

Another one here...

2.2GHz 17

I am on battery #2 and this 6mo battery is having issues now. Battery capacity is half. Apple, this is a HUGE annoyance! Fix this!

I am also experincing this same problem when using my 2.2 Ghz i7 MacBook pro and Ableton Live. However, the battery drains down to the point that the core audio driver bugs out and glitches out the audio playback. Therfore I have to wait till my battery recharges above 5% to be able to continue working within the ableton project. I hope this is resovled cos I can't work under these condition and didn't spend my money on a product that can't perform cpu intense functions!!!! 😟

So I just returned a brand new macbook pro 17in for this reason. The new one has arrived with the same problem. I was glad to find this thread so I knew I was not going crazy. The techs at the Genius bar have no idea bout this problem. That or they just did not tell me. Even with out high GPU load apps running I have this problem. With a lowish batter running an external monitor, firefox, and apple mail I have 20 hours to charge, and sometimes not charging. That is REDICULIOUS!

same issue - macbook pro battery depletes even when connected to ac under any cpu load approaching 30-40% in cubase. this means i have to limit work sessions to periods of 4 or 5 hours to be safe and avoid the computer shutting down all together. i have been told by apple this is 'expected behaviour' but i find this pretty ridiculous given the machine has apparently been designed with 'pro' use in mind. seems like nothing less than a serious design flaw (i.e. inadequate psu) to me!

+1 for me. Knock knock Apple? My $2500 macbook pro is currently claiming 20:00 to charge.

2.3 i7, 8 GB 1333, 120 Vertex 3 SSD, 750 GB stock HDD in optibay.

This issue has been on and off since I got the computer ~2 months ago, but in the past couple of days I haven't been able to get a full charge. Sorry I can't sit at my, and I would like to reiterate out of humility, $2500 notebook computer, and expect a full charge in less than 10 hours under a heavy(ish?) load.

Safari, Adium, iTunes, Mail, XLD, and Parallels running Windows 7 with SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio. As I write this I have seen my times fluctuate from 11:00 - 20:00.

I'm still having this issue, though now its beginning to affect me as a i a more consistent load on my macbook. It's running a few VMs on of which sits at about 10% CPU usage.

In the recent release of lion, apple added support for resizing windows at all edges, I complained about the lack of this feature, they must have listened and added it (maybe). Apple gets +1 browny points.

I'm still dissapointed with Appe for releasing a macbook with this issue, I'm hasn't become a show stopper for me like it has with everyone else - It's getting close though.

2.3GHz, 8gb, 256gb SSD, stock 500gb in the optical bay, running safari, mail, preview, pages, and parallels running RHEL4, WinXP and Gentoo Linux VMs (currently)