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How old is your MacBook?
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Late 2006/Model 2,1 MacBook. Actually owned since March 2007, so about to hit that 5 year mark.
On my second battery (first replaced) - iStat Pro says 79% health. /shrug. Still works good enough when I need it, but I leave mine plugged in a lot.
On my second battery (first replaced) - iStat Pro says 79% health. /shrug. Still works good enough when I need it, but I leave mine plugged in a lot.
You are doing a good job of looking after that battery...95% with that many cycles is excellent...Hope mine continues to so over capacity for a while longer!
Yeah that's incredible. I probably got half before my original battery swelled and then I got a refurb battery and only used a couple hundred cycles and it's about 80% health. Oh well. Still lasts for over 2.5 hours unplugged doing basic things. I'm rough on my battery, I guess, by typically being plugged in too often. One reason I'm just going to get a desktop for my next machine -- basically treat my laptop as one.
My late 2009 white MacBook is at 84% capacity with 189 cycles and 23 months of age. That makes me rather happy.
My Pro is at 100, but it's only two weeks old so it doesn't count
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My Pro is at 100, but it's only two weeks old so it doesn't count
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i have a late 2008 white macbook, and i just picked up a late 2011 macbook pro. so one is 3 years and one is less than 4 months old.
Purchased January 2008 (3,1)
One battery is currently at 1074 cycles and 88%, the other one is maybe 70-80% and ~750 cycles.
One battery is currently at 1074 cycles and 88%, the other one is maybe 70-80% and ~750 cycles.
Well, I purchased a new battery on ebay. The battery capacity on the first charge never reached 100% (something like 93%). I'm on the second charge and capacity is 74% so we will see how it goes. On the plus side, the battery only cost about $23 and I just need it to hold me over till the new airs.
Other than that, we share cracked case (well several cracks and some missing pieces) and the screen flickers as I previously note.
It looks like the end is near for my Macbook (now 77 months). The screen is beginning to flicker (inverter board going bad?) and something is wonky with the system that causes Safari to lock-up fairly frequently. Now the question is do I go for an Air or Macbook Pro? I'm set on getting a mini iPad so the laptop will be reserved for heavy duty work (photos, video). Maybe I'll just get the mini iPad and use my existing iMac for everything else.
I was searching for life expectancy of macbooks and found this interesting thread.
My Macbook Air, the late 2010 model is 5 years old now as it is today October 2015.
I remember it was expensive AF when I bought it as I was a student back then and because I upgraded it I think, upgraded everything to the max to future proof it. I think I paid the equivalent of $2500 back then.
Long time ago so I don't remember the details. But I prefered to have the power at same time it has to be portable and light in weight to carry around. And the MBA was the only laptop back then that offers this. Now I see many pc laptops coming on the same approach..
So proud of my MBA to make it this far. It's been an incredible tool for me as a computer science student and now a programmer, still I'm able today to do some android and iOS apps development on it and also simple games with lower settings, but the battery health is starting to show it's age and it does feel slow now as my needs for power and speed increases with the new Apple TV OS and I am starting to look for new MacBook. Was thinking about the MacBook Pro 15" and max it. Will retire this one turning it into passive server or something. Enjoy your Mac, because I did
My Macbook Air, the late 2010 model is 5 years old now as it is today October 2015.
I remember it was expensive AF when I bought it as I was a student back then and because I upgraded it I think, upgraded everything to the max to future proof it. I think I paid the equivalent of $2500 back then.
Long time ago so I don't remember the details. But I prefered to have the power at same time it has to be portable and light in weight to carry around. And the MBA was the only laptop back then that offers this. Now I see many pc laptops coming on the same approach..
So proud of my MBA to make it this far. It's been an incredible tool for me as a computer science student and now a programmer, still I'm able today to do some android and iOS apps development on it and also simple games with lower settings, but the battery health is starting to show it's age and it does feel slow now as my needs for power and speed increases with the new Apple TV OS and I am starting to look for new MacBook. Was thinking about the MacBook Pro 15" and max it. Will retire this one turning it into passive server or something. Enjoy your Mac, because I did
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wow that was a good necro here
when I answered that thread my macbook was just 16 months old, my battery now is at 67% and 1065 cycles.I still had my macbook and still serve as my laptop (I have a windows custom for desktop), the battery is not holding as it used to but I can manage 2-3 hours of usage, that is what some other laptops can manage while brand new, so I guess I'm fine with it.
What I hate is that everything is so much heavier now, even the OSX evolved without caring much for the older machines that doesn't have SSDs and it take so much longer to open, not to mention how heavy are many websites.
Other than that adobe UI still sux for small screens and they don't even work in fullscreen mode...
Now that I look back in time and the amount of money I have spent for this macbook I guess it worthed the money, it was a big deal for me to hand over 1000 euro for a 13" laptop back in 2009.
I think about maxing out the ram at 8GB and replacing the hdd with and ssd, this will give some more lifetime for sure.
Someone should probably tell this thread's audience that Coconut is quite inexact in its estimations.
I don't want to be the one ruing the party
I don't want to be the one ruing the party