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General discussion

MacBook battery life.

Jan 24, 2007 2:44AM PST

This MacBook is about 5 months old but I have recently seen its battery life drop from an average of 5 hours per charge to a pretty indecent 3 hours.

Not sure what to do about this... even on minimal usage - Safari, Mail, MSFT Messenger - the laptop has lost 2 hours per charge. It is annoying and I am not using the maching more than before.

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Battery Problem
Feb 16, 2007 1:19PM PST

I think the battery is probably a bad one, ask Apple if you can get a replacement battery. Just say it doesn't hold a charge, and they should give you another battery. They did for me. Happy

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Did you check this link?
Feb 16, 2007 9:12PM PST