On 04/01/2012, at 1:49 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > I have no record and only long term recollection, probably flawed, but I > would guess that 250 - 300 cycles is a reasonable estimate of usage. I > presume that when I buy an Apple replacement I should make sure it is a 1000 > cycle type.
No. The battery your MacBook uses is only rated for about 300 cycles. The built-in batteries for the unibody machines are rated for the 1000 cycles. > The MacBook is still on Snow Leopard so I can not do the check you suggest. Yes you can, it’s almost identical to check the battery in Snow Leopard only difference is in SL it is System Profiler in Lion it is System Report. Go to About this Mac > More Info > System Profiler Click on Power (under Hardware) and look at “Charge Information” & “Health Information” Cheers, Ronni > Cheers and thanks > Severin > > On 04/01/2012, at 11:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Severin, >> >> The MacBooks prior to late 2009 have a Maximum Cycle Count of 300, the newer >> MacBooks have a Maximum Cycle Count of 1000. >> How many cycles has your 13” MacBook done? >> >> I think you are using Lion now. >> Check in System Report, in Lion: Go to About this Mac > More Info > System >> Report >> Click on Power (under Hardware) and look at “Charge Information” & "Health >> Information” Cycle Count and Condition. >> >> I always recommend and prefer to use the genuine Apple Replacement Batteries >> from Apple, might be dearer, but you know you are getting the genuine Apple >> battery. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >> >> OS X 10.7.2 Lion >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> On 03/01/2012, at 5:27 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: >> >>> The battery in our five year old white 13inch MacBook is not holding its >>> charge for as long as early in its life and I will eventually look for a >>> replacement. Apart from Apple I see that Newer Tech offer one with a >>> higher claimed amp/hour rating. Has anyone any comments to offer on this >>> issue between batteries in general in this situation. I have no problem >>> with just getting a genuine Apple replacement! >>> Severin Crisp >>> ________________________________________________________ >>> Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP >>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. >>> Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >>> email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au >>> ________________________________________________________ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
