Jamie wrote a piece today about his anemic battery life on his MacBook Pro. It’s been quite awhile since I tested mine, on my 23 month old machine, but suffice it to say, I travel nowhere without my power supply. My biggest problem isn’t the amount of time that appears in the calculated time left area. It will tell me I have nearly two hours when I disconnect the power. My problem manifests itself when it hits about 50 minutes left. It shuts off. No warning, no sleep, just death.
This is not a “good” problem.
Here’s what coconutBattery tells me:
It looks healthier than Jamie’s with a similar amount of wear, but I need to figure out this “shut down” issue.
Anyone else seeing this?
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October 8, 2008 at 9:14 am
I’m guessing you have a completely defective cell in part of the battery. Time to try to get a replacement or recycle it and get a new one. 😦
October 16, 2008 at 5:27 pm
any updates on your situation? I’m having the exact same problem… is your MBP a 17″? Mine is shutting off at about four minutes!
October 20, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I too have have a MacBook Pro. Although the battery indicator shows power left, it suddenly shuts off without warning. I very rarely use the battery but the adapter. What do you suppose the problem is?
Any helpful comments are welcomed.
Thanks,
H. Laws
October 30, 2008 at 12:18 am
Caved and finally got a new battery. Nice to see (even the wholly fictitious) 3:57 minutes when I unplug and know that it’s not going to up and quit on me in the middle of a senten
January 2, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Cheers Ira, hilarious comment 😉