Is This Right??

[shady825]

So i have a brand new aluminum MacBook. My concern is my battery.
Here is my info from iStat:

Health: 92%
Cycles 4

I have a friend with the same computer, he has 6 cycles and still at 100% health. Is it possible my battery is defective?

 

[juanster]

istat shows health?
i thought it only showed charge at the moment? try coconut battery its a little app that checks your battery...

 

[shady825]

istat shows health?
i thought it only showed charge at the moment? try coconut battery its a little app that checks your battery...

iStat shows me the health and the charge in the battery.

 

[Hardcoredan52]

How are you charging your battery? That is the question... you should let your battery drain all the way down then charge it.... follow this http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html and other tips by apple.. oh and yes istat does show health

 

[DeusInvictus7]

So i have a brand new aluminum MacBook. My concern is my battery.
Here is my info from iStat:

Health: 92%
Cycles 4

I have a friend with the same computer, he has 6 cycles and still at 100% health. Is it possible my battery is defective?

uh...did you do the battery calibration correctly? i mean, that would really be the only thing that would have made the measurements a little off...unless your battery is in fact defective...just wait a couple days...see how the battery performs, if youre getting what you think you should be getting (close to 5 hours, according to Apple), dont worry about it...

 

[juanster]

oh okay, I'm not in my comp right now, so I can't check, liek is aid, i find that coconut battery it's an app a lot more precise when it comes to batteries so i would check it with that app, last time i checked my battery it's about a year and a half and it's about 92% so i dont think your brand new one should be at 92 yet I've got well over 100 cycles...


edit: sorry , yes do a calibration before you go crazy...

 

[shady825]

How are you charging your battery? That is the question... you should let your battery drain all the way down then charge it.... follow this http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html and other tips by apple.. oh and yes istat does show health

I always wait for the warning to come on when u have like 10 min left.
I have never calibrated the battery either. Should I try that?

Thanks for the help guys

 

[juanster]

yeah try a calibration, it's pretty easy just follow apple's instructions from the website...