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New Macbook pro retina with 21 battery cycles????

Hi people,

Today my Macbook Pro Retina (late 2013) 15 inch 2.3 Ghz I7, 16 gig ram, 750m was delivered by UPS. I arranged an upgrade with Apple because of a faulty maxed out Macbook Air (2013). After opening the box of the Macbook Pro showed a missing screw of the backplate at the left top corner??? I am planning to go to the Genius bar for a new screw. But there is more...

The thing is when I opened system preferences and I looked at the battery health I saw that it already has 21 cycles????!!!!

Is this normal?

Do I need to calibrate the battery first or what? My previous Macbook Air came in with 0 cycles.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Feb 25, 2014 3:01 PM

19 replies

Mar 18, 2014 8:32 PM in response to dkinsbru

yes, 2 or 3 is standard.

yup

Mar 18, 2014 8:51 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas

A "new" car tends to have five miles on it as well. Not to worry over that either.

Mar 18, 2014 9:19 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I wasnt worried one bit, In fact cycle counts dont mean a single thing at all except in the old age of the battery.

its short term abuse that ruins a battery

dkinsbru

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Apr 23, 2014 3:22 PM in response to sharky114

Hey guys, after reviewing and testing I realized that if i shut down my laptop for 2 days i am losing 5% of my battery charge, is thiat ok???

New Macbook pro retina with 21 battery cycles????