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Just bought Macbook air, battery indicating: replace now
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It's normal for a laptop that has been used on the road for years. If you were sold a new laptop, then either something is badly wrong with the laptop, or it isn't new
Either way, totally unacceptable.Could you explain how the need to replace a battery on a brand new laptop could be normal?
You shouldnt even ask us -_- Its either a used or refurbished laptop with an old battery or damaged, return it without thinking even once about it..
Batteries naturally discharge over time. If it sat in the store for X amount of years, the battery could just be toast. When lithium-ion batteries discharge to too low of voltage, they become irrecoverable.
Just like if you left your old iPod in the dresser drawer for years, and then when you discovered it, tried to charge it and it no longer holds a charge. Same concept.
Bring it back!
Demand for a replacement. That's it.
Unless you're filthy stinking rich and won't mind burning $200 over some new batteries.
Unless you're filthy stinking rich and won't mind burning $200 over some new batteries.