Apple Says Some Notebooks May Have Battery Issues

Apple Says Some Notebooks May Have Battery Issues
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Apple said on Friday some batteries in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers may have performance problems, but they do not pose a safety risk.

Apple said problems with affected batteries include not charging when the computer is plugged into an outlet.

"The issues are not a safety risk, so consumers can continue using their batteries," the company said in a statement.

The affected batteries are in MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks sold worldwide from February 2006 and April 2007, Apple said.

Apple said it has issued a software update designed to improve battery performance. Those who bought the notebook with the batteries in question can get a new, free battery if it continues not to perform. The replacement program also applies if the computer is out of warranty.

Apple, maker of the Mac, the iPod digital media player, and the highly anticipated upcoming iPhone, said it does not expect the battery update to have a material impact on earnings.

Apple, based in Cupertino, California, said more information about the update and battery replacement program may be found on the Internet at
*www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/

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And WOW! They will replace my battery even when my notebook is out of warranty! Cool!!!

cant be kiran your source in in-correct or may be some 1 infiltrated the apple facility and purposely replaced the batteries of a certain lot or may be those are not genuine mac ... and as they said it has no consumer risk it just might blow up and being mac it is made of material that might even with-stand a nuke so apple users dont worry

PS anything against mac on this forum should be avoided as it is useless to show that mac is a machine which can have faults coz members here cannot bear the fact that something could be wrong in their hearts

I understand mAV3.....This time no one can't take the help of wrong source to deviate the issue. Note the link to Apple website in my above post. Unless Mac Guys say that www.apple.com is not a trustable source!

What are you guys on about? Don't you guys have some job or something to do?

Apple's having some issues with the Sony batteries they used in their notebooks. Big fat deal! Almost every company I know has had these issues for the past year or so. But I didn't see any other company extending the warranty coverage to two years.

You reported a piece of news. Thank you! It might have helped people who did not know about it and have an Apple notebook. But why do you people (and a couple of other guys like you two) have to turn every single thread that mentions the word Apple into a mess! It is sickening.

^^^ :d, Yup we guys have work to do unlike boys. But it's sunday today.

But why do you people (and a couple of other guys like you two) have to turn every single thread that mentions the word Apple into a mess

Now what to say

aryayush said:
What are you guys on about? Don't you guys have some job or something to do?

Apple's having some issues with the Sony batteries they used in their notebooks. Big fat deal! Almost every company I know has had these issues for the past year or so. But I didn't see any other company extending the warranty coverage to two years.

You reported a piece of news. Thank you! It might have helped people who did not know about it and have an Apple notebook. But why do you people (and a couple of other guys like you two) have to turn every single thread that mentions the word Apple into a mess! It is sickening.

Why are you so agitated? I never said that it is a major blunder from Apple. Chill-out!

Aarya, you didn't go in for APP?

Ah! I forgot that APP for macbook pro/powerbook is somewhere around 16k...isn't it?

APP? What's that? Are you taking about AppleCare?

I wonder if how many people use Macs.

aryayush said:
But why do you people (and a couple of other guys like you two) have to turn every single thread that mentions the word Apple into a mess! It is sickening.

look who is saying what ...

Applecare Protection Plan (APP)

APP = 16K, woha...the biggest laptop distributer in Lucknow takes 10k for AMC of laptops here. Damn, Apple is indeed expensive.

goobimama said:
Applecare Protection Plan (APP)

It is 15K and yeah, I am thinking of purchasing it.

I'm not sure though. Haven't had any hint of a problem in the eight months I've had it. Let's see...

Well my iBook hard drive failed after 15 months and APP was there to back us up...

As for the Macbook/iMac the APP stands at somewhere around 7k...

for the ipod its around 3k ... considering that if u do mess ur pod and get a eplacement its worth it but if u take care of that device then actually its a waste of 3k !! for the notebooks i think its worth spending tht much coz unlike a normal laptop the mac i dont think can be tinkered with so easily

Money is not the major concern; fifteen thousand bucks to ensure that you will get free onsite service and support (even over the telephone) for your Rs. 1,50,000 notebook is not much, not much at all.

I am seriously thinking of APP. I was just waiting for the default warranty to near its end.

mAV3 said:
for the notebooks i think its worth spending tht much coz unlike a normal laptop the mac i dont think can be tinkered with so easily

Oh, but why do you think so when you have no idea about it, never having owned one?

I am sick and tired of these uncalled for comments. Why do you have to give Apple a bad name at every possible opportunity?

I installed extra one gigabyte of memory on my MacBook Pro myself. It is as easy as it gets. My brother has a Compaq laptop and leave me aside, even the technician had a difficult time prying the faulty RAM module out of the slot.

Oh, and BTW, machines that cannot be tinkered with by the end user (who in most cases has no idea about it) are a lot safer than those that can be.

dude its ur ego that gets hurt i did not mean to say that apple is bad man ... that wasnt my intention in the post wat i meant was that a hp, compaq notebook can be operated on by more people out there and that is not the case with the mac .... i said i dont think i never said i amsure of it ... get over it dude ... no 1 is accusing apple of anything its only because in the past ever since u joined this forum u have always showed everything by MS in bad light and got the flak for it u think every time some 1 says something they mean apple is bad where as that is not the case ...

can some 1 for that any1 tell me that did my comment show apple in bad taste ...

mAV3 said:
a hp, compaq notebook can be operated on by more people out there and that is not the case with the mac

But that is not true. Laptops, from any company whatsoever, cannot be "tinkered with so easily".

Yes, it is recommended that people should buy themselves APP when they get a Mac, but saying that the reason is that MacBooks cannot be tinkered with easily is just plain wrong.

mAV3 said:
ever since u joined this forum u have always showed everything by MS in bad light

First of all, you were not even here when I joined this forum. You came months later.

And secondly (and this is the last time I'm gonna say it), I have never said anything against Microsoft unless it is true and the only product from Microsoft that I criticise is Windows (because whether you admit it or not, whether you want to believe it or not, Windows is a pathetic operating system).

Having said that, I must say that I should have resisted replying to your post. I try to avoid flamebait these days and have been fairly successful so far. This was a slip-up. I could just as easily have side-stepped your post. Sorry 'bout that!

that was not a flamebait ... u considered it to be so

aryayush said:
But that is not true. Laptops, from any company whatsoever, cannot be "tinkered with so easily".

haf u seen any of the newer laptops (other than the apple stable, of corz!). replacing the hard disk, ram, optical drive, mini pci cards, even removing the keyboard and in-built speakers is so easy!

aryayush said:
Money is not the major concern; fifteen thousand bucks to ensure that you will get free onsite service and support (even over the telephone) for your Rs. 1,50,000 notebook is not much, not much at all.

for someone who can pay upto 1.5 lakh for a notebook, 15k is surely peanuts!

aryayush said:
Why do you have to give Apple a bad name at every possible opportunity?

come on dude.. he didn't say that anywhere! get over it!!!!

aryayush said:
I installed extra one gigabyte of memory on my MacBook Pro myself. It is as easy as it gets.

big deal! as if it was the tuffest job in the world!!!!

aryayush said:
My brother has a Compaq laptop and leave me aside, even the technician had a difficult time prying the faulty RAM module out of the slot.

then he must be a real dud technician! he defintely won't be a compaq authorised technician. heck, u dun need a technician to pull out ram modules! even my 12 year old cuz did it when i was explaining her about the laptop! coz that was the only thing that i cud let her do on my laptop!!!!

cool cool.

haha... dun worry goobi.... i do haf a cool head... jus giving some counter-points!

cheers

aryayush said:
I installed extra one gigabyte of memory on my MacBook Pro myself. It is as easy as it gets. My brother has a Compaq laptop and leave me aside, even the technician had a difficult time prying the faulty RAM module out of the slot.

Now this is one of stupid post from you. No wonder you have no other company to trust other than apple. That useless so called techincian couldn't find the faulty RAM (as though it's the biggest deal) & you got the chance to sing the same jingalala song. Ugh..

All I was saying is that it is no more difficult on an Apple laptop than on ones from the other companies.

And that technician was indeed an HP certified technician and it really wasn't his fault. The RAM module was sort of bent and it really was stuck to the slot very tightly. And the slot almost reached till the top of the module, so it was very hard to grip it with fingers. He then told us to wait, went inside and did something and returned with the module out of the slot.

infra_red_dude said:
haf u seen any of the newer laptops (other than the apple stable, of corz!). replacing the hard disk, ram, optical drive, mini pci cards, even removing the keyboard and in-built speakers is so easy!

Really! I don't think that's true. Are you sure it remains under warranty? Sounds downright unbelievable to me.

warranty??? how can u claim warranty when u remove factory fitted parts??!! of corz lifting the keyboard and speakers wont entitle the lappy for warranty but others, there's no problem as long as the part is purchased from them. they dun haf any problems until the seal is broken and for replacing the hard disk, ram, mini pci card etc doesn't break the seal in anyway. u can safely upgrade at home while retaining the warranty (if parts are purchased from the company) when i mentioned abt the keyboard, speakers etc., i was pointing out how easy it is becoming to tinker around the lappy.

aryayush said:
And that technician was indeed an HP certified technician and it really wasn't his fault. The RAM module was sort of bent and it really was stuck to the slot very tightly.

then give us the full info buddy, why mislead people saying that u can't remove ram modules from hp laptops easily??!!

I never said that. Just get lost if you don't know how to talk properly, okay!
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I have a MacBook Pro and my battery would only keep the computer running for about five minutes once unplugged, even though the meter said it was full. According to the Apple website my battery (at least according to serial number) wasn't included in the recall. I called Apple and they shipped me a new one that day, free of charge. I've had no problems since.

Same for me.

My battery would only last for a few minutes after being unplugged and so i called apple at 5pm eastern, the guy asked if i did the various troubleshooting steps (I had).

He said a new battery is on the way. At 7:10am (14 hours later) I had a new battery. It's worked perfectly ever since! And now after the new update, my battery lasts even longer. Listening to music, browsing the web and working in Final Cut I can get a solid 3 hours on battery. Absolutely awesome!

My battery had the big red X problem. The computer didn't even think it had a battery plugged in. If it got unplugged the whole system immediately turned off. Ten minutes after walking into an Apple store and I walked out with a brand new battery and have had no problem since.

Both my MacBook Pro and MacBook had this issue separated by a week. Both times the Apple tech support guys were very polite and attentive and in under ten minutes had new batteries ordered to me. Apple did the right thing on this - I'm very satisfied.

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mail2and said:
This is why I like Apple. The whole experience- right from purchasing your computer to resolving issues- is pleasant. No wonder they’re rated #1 for their service leaving Dell, Microsoft, and even IBM(Lenovo) far far behind.
Any doubts that I had in my mind about the brand of my next computer are resolved. It’s going to be an Apple, again.

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aryayush said:
I never said that.

yeah? read the lines below.......

aryayush said:
My brother has a Compaq laptop and leave me aside, even the technician had a difficult time prying the faulty RAM module out of the slot.

there u said it.... telling that the "faulty ram" was difficult to pull out. how do we know whether it was a physical or an electrical fault in the ram????

aryayush said:
I installed extra one gigabyte of memory on my MacBook Pro myself. It is as easy as it gets.

now u say this to create an impression that its difficult for the users to install memory in other notebooks but very easy to DIY in macbook pro.

aryayush said:
And that technician was indeed an HP certified technician and it really wasn't his fault. The RAM module was sort of bent and it really was stuck to the slot very tightly.

and then finally u tell us that it was a physical fault. the ram was bent and it got stuck and it wasn't the technician's fault. now what do we make out of this???? wasn't this half info what u gave before, creating a wrong impression??? i'm not condeming apple neither you for anything. just pointing out the facts....

aryayush said:
Just get lost if you don't know how to talk properly, okay!

do learn to respect other members. nobody is ur slave neither do we haf any obligation towards you. it mite be a fad to talk like this among ur frenz but not all of us here are 18 year olds!

and this thread was jus a piece of info on faulty batteries in apple notebooks. there was no need to get enraged.

peace

FYI its jus not only apple, even Dell and HP haf done that. my cuz uses a dell lappy. his contained a faulty battery which dell had acknowledged. they sent a replacement direct to home alongwid a service engineer within 12 hours of registering the complaint online. he also had a hard disk crash, which was promply replaced in under 18 hours of registering.

take my own case. hp also had a faulty battery. theres a battry health checker online on their site. it identified the faulty battery and they sent a replacement in under 24hours!

now consider the number of Dell, HP and Apple laptop users. compare the ratio of time to clear the fault and the no. of users. isn't this great when dell clears the problem in ~18 hours and hp ~24hours??? that "great" service is not limited to only apple, my dear friend! wid all those quotes, you sound like an apple salesman for sure man!!!

I got my MacBook Pro 5 months ago and I really like it but sometimes (2-3 times a day) it gives a high-pitched buzzing sound which is really annoying (and I'm not the only one - see here). Useuaally I can adjust the display angle a bit and it goes away, but I haven't been able to find anything on apple's support pages untill today where i found this article. The article ask me to call AppleCare if I have this problem and so I did.

The girl I talked to was very kind, but after she searched into the issue she informed me that she couldn't do anything because my AppleCare was expired after 90 days and even though this is clearly covered through the one year warrenty, she said that the only thing I could do was to take it to the nearest apple support center which is 3 hours drive away and ask them to listen to the sound.

This is clearly not acceptable - I should spend one day in the car and pay 150 USD in gas and bridge toll!

Now I am really pissed with Apple!

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Dell: The tech rep agreed with my assessment that the drive was dead and I had a new hard drive in 48 hours. They provided a label and box for me to ship my dead drive back in. I was up and running before heading home on Friday.
Apple: The Apple tech rep said the drive was probably dead but would not ship a drive to me. Instead, he insisted I go to the Genius Bar at a local Apple Store. Oh boy, I get to fight the crowds just a few days after Christmas. Just what I wanted to do after work (actually I had to leave the office early). He set up an appointment for me at 4:40pm.

In mid-November my 4-month old MacBook Pro 17" died. It made a beeping sound and would never start up again. I had the same experience others have mentioned in having to take it to a local Apple Store and being told they needed a part, and then another part, and then they didn't know what to do so they sent it away for repair. It is six weeks now and still no communication about what is wrong or when it might be repaired/returned.

So anyway, my AppleCare timeline:
2/17 got the machine (very early MBP model)
5/23 sent in machine with bad HD. Got back the machine with the same HD
6/06 send it in again for the same problem
7/11 battery swells up and won't fit in machine
11/3 power supply cord melts
12/19 send it machine again. Apple says that it was damaged by Apple techs from a previous repair. Puts repair status on hold. Called twice to get the hold removed, but it's still on hold.

Next time: A Dell or Toshiba with on-site support.

However, the Mac Genius' are pompous jerks. I took the time the second time to notice that their clientel are mostly people that don't seem to deal with hardware much and need that kind of assistance, but if you are someone who can work with the system yourself, have some smarts, and want to direct them, they get really arrogant. I don't know if it's a mac thing that people are more hands off with their hardware, but I just don't like being treated like that for being someone who's been building/modding sytems for over 20 years and just want a working computer to work on.

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Moral of the story: Random posts will not help anyone. Lets stick to the topic.

infra_red_dude said:
but not all of us here are 18 year olds!

that's well said,i too feel this immaturity many times from some members!dont count ages atleast keep some modesty.this does not work the same way here as with chatting with ur friends in canteen!!