New Retina, but 5 cycle count!

[iLog.Genius]

This is not anything new. If you're able to get a computer with 0 cycles, good but someone going in and buying a portable, chances are it's going to have a few cycles. I had 3 on mine when I got it. When I purchased a new battery, it had 1.

 

[AppleBoyFreak]

I got my MacBook Pro on Octobe 5, 2012 and it has 17 charge cycles. Is that normal?

 

[slirak]

This is not anything new. If you're able to get a computer with 0 cycles, good but someone going in and buying a portable, chances are it's going to have a few cycles. I had 3 on mine when I got it. When I purchased a new battery, it had 1.

Yeah. My latest MBA had one cycle. My rMBP had three. And if it was a return, then Apple sure does some exceptional refurbs, because it looked absolutely pristine and there's no sign of image retention or any other issues even after three months of use. Don't worry about it.

 

[Binomio]

The factory may run 8hr tests and multiple charge tests.

 

[trsblader]

I bought mine 5 minutes after the store opened the day after the keynote (the first day they were available) and it had 2 cycles on it. I'm 99.999% sure it wasn't bought, returned, re-shrink wrapped, and battery re-plastic wrapped as well within 5 minutes. I'm sure they put it through a few cycles to test the battery.

 

[brentsg]

I just got a refurb with 0 cycles. Also, lol at the conspiracy theories.

 

[rworne]

My MBPr is two weeks old and has 2 on the cycle count. I've mainly kept it on AC, but the few times I had it on battery and ran it down partway, the count looks reasonably accurate.

 

[Hpye]

How much charge did your "new" MacBook have when you took it out the box?

Brand-new MBP's will be delivered with a battery that is approximately 50% charged (you can tell this by pressing the button on the outside of the MacBook on cMBP models, not sure if rMBP has one of those? or, of course, by plugging it in).

If the battery was fully charged when you took it out the box, it's a good bet its been opened - and run - before by 'someone'; whether that is an original purchaser, or a random QC check - who knows?

But in all honesty, does it make much difference? Were you prompted to set the computer up as a new one when you took it out the box?

Mine was about 80%, does it mean it has been opened

 

[Hpye]

cycle count 1, on my new one, i returned the old one becos it has some issue