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Hello.
My battery reached 337 out of 1000 cycles, and could hold for max 1.5 hours of work. (Coding). That is really bad. Just got a new one, and it's not cheap.
It happens. Yours is likely out of warranty. In warranty I understand they might replace it if it's degraded prematurely (below 80% battery health). However, that's unlikely since most people don't use it enough that's it's likely to be at that state.
This may be part of their plan, just like with slowing down iphones. Money machine.
I've worked with other laptops (not mac)..with really good battery time and life. Of course. Died after warranty :-)
kencix wrote:
This may be part of their plan, just like with slowing down iphones. Money machine.
I've worked with other laptops (not mac)..with really good battery time and life. Of course. Died after warranty :-)
Mine is doing just fine - a mid-2012. For the most part I don't really think it's much of a money maker for Apple. If it were they would just sell them loose and allow the customer to install it since it's actually pretty simple. However, they only allow it as part of a service, and will require a diagnostic. They don't seem to actually want to do this service more often than needed. If it were part of some money-making operation they would simply be
Of course my battery started at about 94% battery health when I got it. I think it was because it was in a box for about 8 months before I bought it. Right now it's at about 86% with less than 100 cycles. It's plugged in most of the time.
macbook pro. Mid 2012 battery
