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emir

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Apr 5, 2008
610
4
Istanbul
Hey everyone i have 15 inch macbook pro with i5 2.3 ghz which is 13 months old right now and have only 85% battery capacity left. Is it normal? I'm loving my computer but this is what coconut battery saying me, i just wanted to ask.

Thanks in advance for answers
 

a9205

macrumors member
Aug 28, 2009
71
0
England
it fluctuates, ive had mine since april last year,
mine was low but once i did a few cycles in a short space of time, it became more accurate..
how many cycles have you had?
mine is around 93-95% after 180 cycles
 

Chromus

macrumors regular
May 20, 2010
124
0
I've had my 15-inch for 13 months as well with 262 cycles and currently have 93% left.
 

greenchiliman

macrumors 6502
Jul 29, 2010
253
0
Chicago
Hey everyone i have 15 inch macbook pro with i5 2.3 ghz which is 13 months old right now and have only 85% battery capacity left. Is it normal? I'm loving my computer but this is what coconut battery saying me, i just wanted to ask.

Thanks in advance for answers

Seems normal. I know there is an unofficial warranty on batteries if it dies before 300 or 600 cycles. Can't remember which but I've had it happen twice, outside of applecare and the batteries over a year, and they were replaced no problem.
 

jbyun04

macrumors 6502a
Aug 31, 2008
556
55
Canada
Ouch.. Mine's 22 months old, 199 cycles 94%.. If 36 more cycles will drop my life to 85% that would suck :(
 

ayeying

macrumors 601
Dec 5, 2007
4,547
13
Yay Area, CA
Battery Health is not linear. It'll jump around. Stop worrying. Only start worrying if it drops under 80%, then visit an Apple Store and tell them.

That said, you should use it a bit more.

I'm at 270 Cycles in 5 Months Ownership. 93% Health currently. It was at 89% and yesterday it was at 95%.
 
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