Seems that nobody has actually gotten it to last anywhere near the claimed 7 hour mark, so is the new battery a significant improvement over the older umbp one?
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Tempted to get a refurb MBP - is the battery in the refresh worth buying new instead?
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It is a significant upgrade in the battery department but it not worth price unless you get the $1700 macbook pro. Or you can get the refurbished uni macbookpro for 1500 (super deal). The $2000 macbook pro is overpriced.
My 13" MBP got about 8 today. Yes I let it sit there undisturbed for several hours (was running the battery down to calibrate it) but it was on 1/2 display and wifi connected, and accessing my google calendars via iCal every five minutes during that time. The last couple of hours I used it to browse. So yeah I was getting very near the claimed performance values.
Ruahrc
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I bought the 15"/2.53 refurb, and the battery was indeed brand new. 0 life cycles.
However, the screen briefly was suffering from the "horizontal pixels glitch" so I called tech support, got an additional $75 knocked off the already great price, and they're sending me a new one.
The refurbs aren't perfect, that's for sure. But I can take the wait to save more cash.
However, the screen briefly was suffering from the "horizontal pixels glitch" so I called tech support, got an additional $75 knocked off the already great price, and they're sending me a new one.
The refurbs aren't perfect, that's for sure. But I can take the wait to save more cash.
I can only agree. The battery is awesome. The 1.5bg sata is not. Neither is my defective screen. I love the backlit keyboard on the 13" inch though... a lot!