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New Macbook Air 2011 13" i5 Battery Charge Count?

ckterry

ckterry

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Aug 1, 2011
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Hi bros,

I have just bought a new macbook air 13" and am a newbie to Mac. I noted from system profile that my new macbook air have 3 counts of charge cycle when arrival. Is it normal? Becos, I found some others saying that a brand new macbook air should have 0 counts in the charge cycle record found in system profile. Please advise. Many thanks.

Regards,
Terry
 
That's normal for it to read a few cycles already, it's not 100% accurate. I'd only be concerned if it were more than 10 or so, but 3 is definitely normal.
 
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Thanks.
 
MickeyDK said:
Yeah - 1

However, using Coconut Battery, show also that my brand new MBA is 24 weeks old!?!
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Me 2. Coconut Battery shows my brand new MBA is 26 weeks old. 2 weeks older than your one. I google about this and found it might be associated with the new serial no. arrangement adopted by Apple, making Coconut Battery to show wrong age.
 
miles01110 said:
Why would it even matter what other people's cycle count on opening is? If you aren't satisfied with a "used" battery, just call Apple and ask for an exchange.
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It matters. We all pay the same price, but why being treated differently. Some can get a brand new battery with 0 charge cycle, whilst some gets a battery with several charge cycles already. If it really doesn't matter, why there have keen discussion on the toshiba ssd vs samsung ssd and LG screen vs samsung screen.
 
ckterry said:
It matters. We all pay the same price, but why being treated differently. Some can get a brand new battery with 0 charge cycle, whilst some gets a battery with several charge cycles already. If it really doesn't matter, why there have keen discussion on the toshiba ssd vs samsung ssd and LG screen vs samsung screen.
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Exactly. When you purchase a brand new mac you want it to be brand new. So why have a used component such as a battery in a new macbook air?
 
I wouldn't worry about it, I've had many macs have "added counts" one way or another out of the box.

In fact, the new MBA I just purchased from apple arrived with the age of it showing +20 weeks right out the box!
 
I ordered my 2011 MBA from the online Apple store, and it came with 23 charge cycles out of the box. This seems excessive. Would an Apple retail store exchange it for me?
 
calvol said:
My 2010 13" refurb had 3 cycles and 5 weeks old when I bought it in Feb.
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I wouldn't be concerned if it were a low number (under 10 or so) but over 20 seems too high for a supposed brand new battery.
 
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