battery life quickly shrinking in mb

[furcalchick]

apparently, it looks like i can now only go about 1 1/2 hours running the macbook on battery power before it expires, when a few months ago, i could go for 3-4 hours (even up to last month), but all of a sudden, battery life keeps shrinking so fast, two days ago, it went to 2 hours, now its 1 1/2 hours. i calibrated the other day and it's worse than before. btw, my current battery capacity is actually higher than it was before. 41 cycles for my battery and a 3 month old computer.

i hope my battery isn't going dead. you think a few more calibrations should do the trick to get the battery running like it was before? thanks.

 

[hircus]

i hope my battery isn't going dead. you think a few more calibrations should do the trick to get the battery running like it was before? thanks.

I'm afraid it does look that way. The battery should normally last at least 2 years with normal usage, so you could probably ask Apple to replace it.

 

[furcalchick]

the battery has been charging for four hours now (it was at about 5%) and now it's at 86%, but the indicator says i have about another hour to go until it's fully charged. this looks like another bad sign, and that i should take this to an apple store as soon as possible.

 

[furcalchick]

restarted the computer, and it's not much better....i think the battery is bad.

 

[jonmf76]

I think I noticed the same thing in mine...but I didn't want to look. I was really impressed with the long life when I first got it, now it resembles my old toshiba which is now a door stop... :-(

 

[Ibjr]

I think I noticed the same thing in mine...but I didn't want to look. I was really impressed with the long life when I first got it, now it resembles my old toshiba which is now a door stop... :-(

Call Apple. They will replace it.

 

[furcalchick]

does that go for me too? battery life is still around 1.5-2 hours for me, and that's a big no no....

i'm probably going to schedule a meeting with the genius next saturday if this persists.

 

[Ibjr]

does that go for me too? battery life is still around 1.5-2 hours for me, and that's a big no no....

i'm probably going to schedule a meeting with the genius next saturday if this persists.

If you got your macbook within the last year then probably.