It takes forever to charge!

[TheMonarch]

So for the most part, I'm pretty happy with my new MPB [2.53], except for charging times. When I first turned on my MBP it was at about 68% battery, and it took quite a long time for it to get to 100%. At first I thought to myself "Its probably because I haven't calibrated the battery, I should do that now".

So right now, I've been charging from 0%. Its been since 7:00pm, and it is now 11pm and its still charging, right now its at 95% with 50 min still remaining. Thats nearly a 5 hour charge .I've only been browsing the web, listening to iTunes [total CPU usage 8-12%], and my brightness on one bar.

My previous PowerBook had bigger [58 watt-hour] battery, and a 65 watt charger, yet charged in about 2 hours.

BTW, I'm happy with the battery life, I've been getting about 4 hours [give or take], its just the charge times that are frustrating.

 

[steve31]

I dont have my new MBP yet but I know with my MBA it took almost 9 hrs to charge fully for the first few cycles but then it "broke in" and would charge in 4 hrs. It might be the same with these new notebooks. I get mine (hopefully) tomorrow so I will test and post back.

 

[blurb23]

I'm in the same boat as you (except I have the 2.4 stock new MBP).

My battery is at 97%, and it seems perfectly content there. It says "Battery Charged" and appears to be not charging any further.

 

[TodVader]

You guys must be new to Apple notebooks. They always stop charging between 95-99%. Rarely will they go to 100% They are designed to be that way.